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THINGS and what have you and so on; and other similar things.Their garage is full of bikes, sleds, old boots, and what have you.The merchant sells writing paper, pens, string, and what have you. odds and ends small, miscellaneous things. (Fixed order.)There were lots of odds and ends in the attic, but nothing of real value.I had the whole house cleaned up except for a few odds and ends that didn't seem to belong anywhere.
things noun 1 possessions, personal effects carried with you at a given time UK, 1290. 2 garments, clothing UK, 1634.► do things to someoneto excite someone, especially sexually; to arouse a passion, whether deep or momentary UK, 1951
idiomthings► take things into your own hands —see take the law into your own handsall good things (must) come to an endused in order to say that you have to accept it when something pleasant ends:"For the last four years I've had free gym sessions at work, but this year they've stopped it." "I guess all good things come to an end."I spent a week on the French Riviera, soaking up the sun; but all good things must come to an end, and soon I was back at work in rainy London.all (other) things being equalused in order to say that unless something that you do not know about changes the situation, you think a particular thing will happen or be decided:All other things being equal, you'll just need a blood test every six months, so make another appointment for October.I thought I might get a foreman's job because, all things being equal, they usually went to the people who'd been with the company longest.be all things to all men/people1 to please or be useful to all types of people, when this is not possible:Giant retailers which try to be all things to all men are being overtaken by specialist stores that appeal to a small market.If there were more black presenters on TV, the few existing ones might not have the impossible task of trying to be all things to all black people.2 used in order to say that different groups of people can each get a different advantage from something such as a situation or product:I love food, it is all things to all men; it can be a comfort, a source of pride, and also a pleasure.Multimedia has become all things to all people, because it has such a wide variety of applications.NoteThis idiom comes from I Corinthians in the Bible. first things firstspoken used in order to say that you have to deal with the most important parts of a plan or situation before you can start thinking about the less important parts:Okay, first things first, can I just take your name and address and then I can deal with your complaint.Taking first things first, we have to decide how we are going to transport the equipment before deciding how much we can take.How are things (going)?(also How's things?)1 spoken used in order to ask someone about their situation or something they are doing:"How 's things down your end, Pete?" "Everything's fine - the tape is running at the right speed."How are things between you and Claire - you weren't too happy last time we spoke.2 spoken used in order to ask someone how they are, what they have been doing etc, when you have not seen them for some time:Laura! I haven't heard from you in ages. So how are things going?Hi, Steve, how are things?it's (just) one of those thingsspoken said when you are disappointed or annoyed by something that has happened that you could not prevent or change:After his court appearance Barrymore said, "I had had a few too many drinks, it was one of those things."We couldn't meet the deadline because too many people were away - it's just one of those things.make things lively for sbold-fashioned to make a situation more difficult for someone, especially because you are angry with them or do not like them:We managed to make a few raids across the river and make things lively for the enemy for a month or two.of all thingsspoken used in order to emphasize that you are surprised at what someone has chosen or what has happened:One of my mates was killed by a beer barrel, of all things, when it fell on top of him.On their first date Dan had taken Liz to see 'Bambi', of all things.stranger things have happenedused in order to say that you should not be sure that an idea is completely stupid or impossible even if it seems unlikely to succeed or happen ◆ used especially in newspapers, magazines etc:Sonny Bono seems confident of political success, and, after all, stranger things have happened - or have you forgotten Ronald Reagan?"I expect I'll meet a millionaire tonight and he'll ask me to marry him." "Why not? Stranger things have happened."these things are sent to try usspoken a humorous expression said when something annoying or unpleasant has happened:"I spent forty-five minutes trying to fax that flipping letter." "These things are sent to try us, Jan."The train was late and so by the time I got to the centre everything was closed - these things are sent to try us.things that go bump in the nighta humorous expression meaning things that frighten you, especially at night, because you cannot explain them:Allowing children to handle bats is a good way to conquer their fear of things that go bump in the night.Check out the things that go bump in the night, if you dare, in the Haunted House at the Saratoga Festival Park.things go from bad to worseused in order to say that a situation that is already bad, is getting even worse:After I married Earl, things went from bad to worse.Things at the school keep going from bad to worse - my daughter's missed three weeks because of staff shortages. (redirected from things)
a thing1. A complicated situation; something that causes a dispute. A: "Ugh, I forgot to invite Penny to the party, and now it's a whole thing." B: "Oh man. Is she mad at you?" Please tell me this isn't going to be a thing between us. Can we just forget about it? 2. A popular, significant, or well-known entity or person. Elizabethtown came out in the early 2000s, back when Orlando Bloom was a thing. 3. A romantic couple. Are Jack and Anna a thing again? I thought they broke up. 4. A phenomenon that is (at least somewhat) widely recognized and/or practiced. Yep, mom jeans are a thing now in the fashion world. Is stealthing really a thing? Wow, modern society is truly awful. thing n. one’s interest; one’s bag. This isn’t exactly my thing, but I’ll give it a try. See:- (have) got a thing going (with someone)
- (one) (has) never heard (of) such a thing
- (someone or something) to shout about
- (something) is one thing, (something else) is (quite) another
- (the) next thing (one) knows
- (there) ain't no such thing as a free lunch
- a close call
- a close thing
- a close/near thing
- a close-run thing
- a couple of (people or things)
- a girl thing
- a good job/thing too
- a good job/thing...
- a guy thing
- a harbinger of things to come
- a hundred and one (something)
- a hundred/thousand/million and one things/things to do, etc.
- a little knowledge is a dangerous thing
- a little learning is a dangerous thing
- a million and one (something)
- a mind is a terrible thing to waste
- a near thing
- a number of (something)
- a poor thing but mine own
- a portent of things to come
- a sign of things to come
- a sometime thing
- a thing
- A thing of beauty is a joy forever
- a thing of shreds and patches
- a thing of the past
- a thing or two
- a thousand and one (something)
- a whole thing
- all good things come to an end
- all good things must (come to an) end
- All good things must end
- all other things (else) being equal
- all the rage
- all the thing
- all things being equal
- all things come to those who wait
- all things considered
- All things must pass
- all things to all men
- all things to all men, to be
- all things to all people
- all things to all people, be
- amount to the same thing
- amount/come to the same thing
- and a good job, too
- and a good thing, too
- and things
- and things (like that)
- any fool thing
- any old place
- any old thing
- any old thing, time, place, etc.
- any old time
- as (things) go
- as it turned out
- as it/things turned out
- as things stand
- as things, people, etc. go
- be a sure thing
- be a thing of the past
- be all things to all men
- be all things to all men/people
- be all things to all people
- be another thing
- be in the swim (of things)
- be in the thick of things
- be just the thing
- be neither one thing nor the other
- be no bad thing
- be no bad thing...
- be not the done thing
- be on to a good thing
- be onto a good thing
- be seeing things
- be the shape of things to come
- be/feel out of it/things
- bell, book, and candle
- bell, book, and candle things that are miraculous or that signal that
- best things come in small packages, good things come in small packages
- best things in life are free
- better things to do
- big things come in small packages
- bright young thing
- by the look(s) of it/things
- by/from the look of it/things
- can/could teach/tell somebody a thing or two
- chance would be a fine thing
- choose among (people or things)
- choose between (two people or things)
- choose between two people or things
- choose from (people or things)
- come to a pretty pass
- come to the same thing
- come to the same thing, to
- could be better
- could be worse
- could teach (someone) a thing or two (about someone or something)
- could tell (someone) a thing or two (about someone or something)
- could tell someone a thing or two
- couldn't be better
- crawl in(to) (some place or thing)
- cut it/things fine
- do (something) by halves
- do one’s own thing
- do one’s thing
- do one's (own) thing
- do one's own thing, to
- do one's thing
- do own thing
- do the drink thing
- do the drug thing
- do the right thing
- do the something thing
- do things to (one)
- do things to somebody
- do your own thing
- don't worry (about a thing)
- draw (someone or something) together
- draw a line between (two things)
- draw people or things together
- every fool thing
- except for one thing
- fall between (two things)
- feel out of things
- find out a thing or two
- find out a thing or two (about someone or something)
- first thing
- first thing in the morning
- First things first
- flock in(to) (some place or thing)
- flush (someone or something) out of (some thing or place)
- for one
- for one thing
- for one thing,...
- from the look(s) of it/things
- get in the swing of it/things
- get in the swing of things
- get into the swing of (things), to
- get into the swing of it/things
- get into the swing of things
- girl thing
- girl thing/guy thing
- glance around (some thing or place)
- Good things come in small packages
- Good things come to him who waits
- good things come to those who wait
- greatest thing since indoor plumbing
- greatest thing since sliced bread
- greatest thing since sliced bread, the
- grind together
- guy thing
- harbinger of things to come
- hasn't been easy
- have (one's) mind on other things
- have a good thing going
- have a thing
- have a thing about
- have a thing about (someone or something)
- have a thing about somebody/something
- have a thing for (someone)
- have a thing for (something)
- have a thing going
- have a thing going (with someone)
- have another thing coming
- have going for one
- have too much of a good thing
- have your mind on other things
- he who begins many things finishes but few
- He who begins many things, finishes but few
- hear things
- heard (of) such a thing
- hearing things
- hell of a (person or thing)
- How are things (with you)?
- How are things going?
- how do you do
- How're things going?
- How're things?
- How's every little thing?
- hurl out (of some place or thing)
- I have to wash a few things out
- if a thing is worth doing, it's worth doing well
- if it's not one thing, it's another!
- If you want a thing done well, do it yourself
- if you want a thing done well/right, do it yourself
- in all things
- in proportion
- in the (grand) scheme of things
- in the great scheme of things
- in the nature of things
- in the normal course of events
- in the normal course of things
- in the ordinary course of events
- in the ordinary course of things
- in the ordinary, normal, etc. course of events, things, etc.
- in the scheme of things
- in the swim of things
- in the thick of (something)
- in the thick of things
- in thing, the
- in(to) the swim (of things)
- insert between (two things)
- interpose between people or things
- issue (forth) from (some thing or place)
- it isn't my, his, etc. thing
- it's a (type of person) thing
- it's a... thing
- It's just one of those things
- it's one thing after another
- it's one thing to (do something), it's another to (do something else)
- it's one thing to (do sth), it's another thing to (do sth else)
- it's one thing to (do sth), it's quite another to (do sth else)
- it's one thing to do A, it's another to do B
- just one of those things
- just the thing
- keep (something) in proportion
- keep (something) to (oneself)
- Keep a thing seven years and you'll find a use for it
- keep things straight
- know a thing or two
- know all the answers
- last thing
- learn a thing or two
- least little thing
- let (something) ride
- let things slide
- Let’s do lunch sometime
- Let’s do the lunch thing
- let's do the lunch thing
- let's get one thing straight
- little knowledge is a dangerous thing
- little knowledge is a dangerous thing, a
- little learning is a dangerous thing, a
- Little things please little minds
- little things, the
- littlest thing
- long on (something) and short on (something else)
- long on one thing and short on another
- look on the sunny side (of life/things)
- lot of
- lots of
- lots of people or things Go to a lot of
- make (something) from (other things)
- make (something) right
- make a (big) thing (out) of (something)
- make a big thing (out) of (something)
- make a thing of
- make a thing of/out of something
- make the best of something/things/a bad job
- make things hot for (one)
- make things warm for (one)
- mix (one) up in (something)
- mix (one) up with (someone)
- model (someone or something) in (something)
- Moderation in all things
- more (something) than you can shake a stick at
- more things than you can shake a stick at
- near thing
- never heard of such a thing!
- no big thing
- no such thing
- not (really) (one's) thing
- not do things by halves
- not know beans
- not know the first thing about
- not know the first thing about (someone or something)
- not know the first thing about somebody/something
- not miss much
- not quite the thing
- number of things or people
- of all people/places/things
- of all the
- of all the cheek, nerve, stupid things to do, etc.!
- of all things
- Of all things!
- on to a good thing
- one (thing) after the other
- one after another
- one final thing
- one final word
- one last thing
- one of those things
- one thing after another
- one thing and another
- One thing leads to another
- one thing or person after another
- onto a good thing
- oscillate between (two people or things)
- other things being equal
- other/all things being equal
- out of the swim (of things)
- out of the swim of things
- overdo it/things
- push too far
- push toward
- push up
- put (something) right
- put people or things together
- put things right
- put together
- real thing
- rub (multiple things) together
- same old thing
- scrape (someone or something) together
- scrape (someone or something) up
- scrape (someone or something) up off (something)
- scratch (someone or something) together
- scratch up
- see things
- see/hear things
- seeing things
- set (something) right
- set (something) straight
- shake up
- smooth out
- smooth over
- something thing, a
- split between (two or more people or things)
- step things up
- sure bet
- Sure thing
- sure thing, a
- sweet young thing
- take (something) out of context
- take it one day at a time
- take it/things easy
- take it/things one day at a time
- take things easy
- take things one day at a time
- tell (someone or something) apart
- tell (someone) a thing or two (about someone or something)
- tell a thing or two
- tell people or things apart
- tell someone a thing or two
- tell things apart
- that very thing
- the (in) thing
- the best thing since sliced bread
- the best thing since sliced pan
- the best things come in small packages
- the best things in life are free
- the done thing
- the funny thing is
- the going thing
- the greatest thing since indoor plumbing
- the greatest thing since sliced bread
- the in thing
- the in thing to do
- the last thing (one) needs
- the last thing (one) wants
- the latest
- the latest thing
- the man/woman/thing of (one's) dreams
- the more (one thing happens), the more (another thing happens)
- the more things change, the more they stay the same
- the next best thing
- the next thing...
- the other thing
- the real thing
- the scheme of things
- the shape of things to come
- the swing of things
- the thing
- the thing is
- the thing is...
- the thing of it is
- the very thing
- the way things are (going)
- the way things stand
- the whole (something) thing
- the whole thing
- the... thing
- the/somebody's scheme of things
- There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch
- there is no daylight between (two things)
- there is no such thing
- There’s no such thing as a stupid question
- there's little to choose between (two people or things)
- There's no such thing as a free lunch
- there's not much to choose between (two people or things)
- there's nothing to choose between (two people or things)
- there's only one thing for it
- these things are sent to try us
- these things happen
- they're only after one thing
- thing
- thing of beauty (is a joy forever), a
- thing of the past
- thing or two
- thing you don't want is dear at any price
- Things are looking up
- Things are seldom what they seem
- things getting you down?
- things haven't been easy
- things that go bump in the night
- Things will work out
- this is why we can't have nice things
- tiniest thing
- too much of a good thing
- very thing
- very thing, the
- wedge between people or things
- whole nother thing
- work it so (that) (something is the case)
- work it/things
- work things out
- work things so (that) (something is the case)
- worth of a thing is what it will bring
- yoke people or things together
- you can have too much of a good thing
- you're imagining things
- you're seeing things
- you've got another thing coming
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