the thing

Meaning

1. Editorial55% of films

   used to introduce the main point, problem, or explanation

2. Editorial15% of films

   the important or characteristic fact about something

3. Editorial10% of films

   the proper or advisable action

In the movies · 283

• I say let's just forget the whole thing.West Side Story1961
• I may as well tell you the whole thing.A Shot in the Dark1964
• He began to enjoy the whole thing...Brief Encounter1945
• Oh the thing The thing all right goThe Interview2014
• That's the thing.Tangled2010
• The thing with the...Planet 512009
• The thing isThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.2015
• And the thing is...La La Land2016

Learn it in full scenes

• A Shot in the Dark1964
  • Clouseau Investigates the Pistol Pen
  • Clouseau Interrogates Maria
  • Dreyfus Takes Over the Case

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 thing
• first things first

More idioms

• the tip of the iceberg
• there's no such thing as a free lunch
• get the better of
• bits and pieces
• get your hands dirty
• on the road
• at a distance
• a high profile
• from top to bottom
• have a way with
• put in a word for
• take breath away