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  • thing — [[t]θɪ̱ŋ[/t]] ♦ things 1) N COUNT: usu with supp You can use thing to refer to any object, feature, or event when you cannot, need not, or do not want to refer to it more precisely. What s that thing in the middle of the fountain? Some kind of… …   English dictionary

  • you can have too much of a good thing — 1483 B. BURGH Cato in Archiv (1905) CXV. 313 To much is nouht of any maner thyng [too much of anything is nothing]. 1546 J. HEYWOOD Dialogue of Proverbs II. iv. G4v Well (quoth I) to muche of one thyng is not good, Leaue of this. 1611 R. COTGRAVE …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • quite the thing — {n. phr.} The socially proper thing to do. * /In polite society it is quite the thing to send a written thank you note to one s host or hostess after a dinner party./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • quite the thing — {n. phr.} The socially proper thing to do. * /In polite society it is quite the thing to send a written thank you note to one s host or hostess after a dinner party./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • quite\ the\ thing — n. phr. the socially proper thing to do. In polite society it is quite the thing to send a written thank you note to one s host or hostess after a dinner party …   Словарь американских идиом

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  • William Wycherley — ( c. 1640 – 31 December 1715) was an English dramatist of the Restoration period.BiographyHe was born at Clive, Shropshire near Shrewsbury, where his family was settled on a moderate estate of about £600 a year (the equivalent of £77,786.87 in… …   Wikipedia

  • Sid Chaplin — Infobox Writer name = Sid Chaplin birthdate = 1916 birthplace = 23 Bolckow Street, Shildon, County Durham deathdate = 1986 occupation = Novelist, Scriptwriter notableworks = The Day of the Sardine influenced = Keith Waterhouse, Stan BarstowSid… …   Wikipedia

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