Definition of The thing is

1. Phrase. (idiomatic colloquial) (non-gloss definition Used to introduce the main point or issue) ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of The Thing Is

the shoe is on the other foot
the shoemaker's children go barefoot
the skinny
the sky is the limit
the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
the sticks
the story goes
the straw that broke the camel's back
the sublime
the terrorists will have won
the thick plottens
the thing
the thing is (current term)
the thing of it
the trots
the true
the upper hand
the way to a man's heart is through his stomach
the wheels fell off
the whistle does not pull the train
the whistle doesn't pull the train
the whole caboodle
the whole nine yards
the whole shooting match
the whole way
the whole world and his dog
the world and his wife

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