the thing with/about
idiom
: an important characteristic to know about (someone or something)
The thing with/about him is that he is not reliable.
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So what's the thing with this new field of research that's exploding just as Marthe was coming home from Boston?
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Lorena Galliot, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2025
Benedict Cumberbatch’s grief is the thing with feathers.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 26 Jan. 2025
That is the thing with lyrics: so much rests on the delivery.
—Rory Smith, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
And perhaps the thing about your reach exceeding your grasp, going beyond that frontier and kind of breaking your own sound barrier.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2025
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Lorena Galliot, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2025
Benedict Cumberbatch’s grief is the thing with feathers.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 26 Jan. 2025
That is the thing with lyrics: so much rests on the delivery.
—Rory Smith, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
And perhaps the thing about your reach exceeding your grasp, going beyond that frontier and kind of breaking your own sound barrier.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2025
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“The thing with/about.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20thing%20with%2Fabout. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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