have a thing about
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“I have a thing about mountains,” Dr. Singh, now 70 and retired, said during an interview in his apartment in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. “To me Hokusai captured the essence of the mountain.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2024
“People have a thing about feet,” DeRuvo conceded.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 5, 2023
Dear Amy: I’m a 5-foot-9-inch woman, and it amazes me to hear how many people have a thing about height: The guy always “has” to be taller.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2022
In Ghana, we have a thing about names and titles.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2018
“I have a thing about wedding dresses, you know? Ever since I was a bitty girl.”
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
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