thing or two

Idioms  

1. Quite a lot, as in You can count on Bob to tell you a thing or two about Iran. This term is nearly always an understatement. [Mid-1800s] Also see under know all the answers.

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Example Sentences

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From Slate

At her flat in a local authority block in Bow, where she creates pictures and sculptures out of litter she has collected, she feels the council could learn a thing or two from the country.

From BBC

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From Slate

Costa is originally from Portugal, a country that knows a thing or two about delicious fish.

From BBC

He concedes that is a dramatic statement, but when asked to explain, he responds only that “I feel these things. I am a revolutionary. I know what I am talking about. I destroyed the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact. So, as you can see, I know a thing or two.”

From The Wall Street Journal