the thing is

1. The issue, main point, or problem is, as in The thing is, we haven't enough money for the tickets. [Colloquial; late 1800s]

Example Sentences

“The thing is … the amount of money they make is not that much compared to what Thai people who live in Thailand think they receive.”

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So the thing is like this is my job.

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“The thing is it’s so opaque, that we don’t know how it’s going to show up.”

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“Claire said, ‘The thing is Mike was a leg guy,’” he remembers.

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"The thing is, I really love a right good jacket spud with all the filling in, so I thought, why not?"

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