Thing

  • 101thing about —    a sexual feeling for    Either sex may have a thing about the other, or homosexually:     Iris, who I d had a thing about... (R. Thompson, 1996) …

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  • 102thing going —    an extramarital sexual relationship between two people    Unlike a thing about, this is always reciprocal:     We did have a thing going in London. (Reeman, 1994 the speaker was married to a third party) …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 103thing of value — Something having a monetary value. 17 Am J2d Contr § 95. As the term is used in the law of larceny, it includes any tangible thing which the law recognizes as being property. Columbus Railroad Co. v Woolfolk, 128 Ga 631, 58 SE 152. The term is… …

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  • 104thing with something is — the ˌthing (about/with sth/sb) ˈis idiom used to introduce a problem about sth/sb • The thing with Karl is, he s always late. Main entry: ↑thingidiom …

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  • 105thing about somebody is — the ˌthing (about/with sth/sb) ˈis idiom used to introduce a problem about sth/sb • The thing with Karl is, he s always late. Main entry: ↑thingidiom …

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  • 106thing with somebody is — the ˌthing (about/with sth/sb) ˈis idiom used to introduce a problem about sth/sb • The thing with Karl is, he s always late. Main entry: ↑thingidiom …

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  • 107thing about something is — the ˌthing (about/with sth/sb) ˈis idiom used to introduce a problem about sth/sb • The thing with Karl is, he s always late. Main entry: ↑thingidiom …

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  • 108Thing of all Swedes — would be summoned for warfare during the summer, and all the crews, rowers, commanders and ships were decided [ [http://runeberg.org/samlaren/1896/0075.html Söderberg, Werner. (1896). Några studier rörande Disasagan , in Samlaren . p. 67.] ] .The …

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  • 109thing-in-itself — noun In the philosophy of (1724 1804) and those whom he influenced, a thing as it is independent of any conceptualization or perception by the human mind, postulated by practical reason but existing in a condition which is in principle unknowable …

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  • 110thing-in-itself — /ˌθɪŋ ɪn ɪtˈsɛlf/ (say .thing in it self) noun (in Kantian philosophy) reality as it is apart from experience; what remains to be postulated after space, time, and all the categories of the understanding are assigned to consciousness. See… …