first thing

Meaning

1. Editorial70% of films

   the earliest action, step, or requirement, before anything else

2. Editorial15% of films

   the slightest knowledge of a subject; “not know the first thing about” means knowing nothing at all

3. Oxford5% of films

   early in the morning / late in the evening

In the movies · 192

• The last thing I need to do is finish...The Lego Movie2014
• All right, first thing in the morning.Wristcutters: A Love Story2007
• I'll kill the rat if it's the last thing I do!Saboteur1942
• First thing tomorrow.Klaus2019
• Mm-hmm. First thing.To All the Boys: Always and Forever2021
• I'll leave first thing tomorrow.The Visitor2008
• I'll be by first thing tomorrow. See you first thing.Mystic River2003
• Yeah. Chronologically, that's the first thing.Taylor Swift: Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions2020

Learn it in full scenes

• The Lego Movie2014
  • Emmet Follows the Instructions
  • Emmet's Morning Routine in Bricksburg
  • Emmet Touches the Piece of Resistance

From the same entry

• A is one thing, B is another
• all things being equal
• and things
• be all things to all men
• come to the same thing
• be a good thing
• be no bad thing
• be onto a good thing
• do things to
• do your own thing
• first things first
• for one thing

More idioms

• on your own
• but then
• in fact
• from time to time
• let know
• believe me
• in case
• i don't blame you
• so far
• close to
• say no
• get rid of