thing in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for thing in the English»Italian Dictionary (Go to Italian»English)

I.thing [Brit θɪŋ, Am θɪŋ] N

1. thing (object):

thing
thing
any old thing will do
what's that thing?
what's this thing for?
I haven't got a thing to wear!
it was a big box thing

2. thing (action, task, event):

thing
I wouldn't dream of such a thing
who would do such a thing?
how could you do such a thing?
it was a difficult thing to do
there wasn't a thing I could do
it's a good thing you came

3. thing (matter, fact):

thing
the thing to remember is
I couldn't hear a thing (that) he said
I said, did no such thing!
I couldn't think of a thing to say
I found the whole thing a bore
the whole thing is crazy!
the thing is (that) …
il fatto è che
the only thing is, …
l'unica cosa è …
the good thing (about it) is
the best, worst thing (about it) is
the good, best, worst thing about her is (that) …

2. things (situation, circumstances, matters):

III.thing [Brit θɪŋ, Am θɪŋ]

it's not the done thing (to do)
it's the in thing inf
that's just the thing or the very thing!
it was a close or near thing
he's on to a good thing
he likes to do his own thing inf
for one thing… (and) for another thing…
to have a thing about (hate) dogs
he's got a thing about flying inf
to make a big thing (out) of it inf
to know a thing or two about sth inf
I could tell you a thing or two about him! inf
it's one (damned) thing after another! inf
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thing in the PONS Dictionary

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thing Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be a thing of the past
to make a (big) thing out of sth
to be a thing of the past
have you ever seen such a thing!
to not have a thing to wear

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
That obviously has a knock-on effect for the whole industry, which isn't necessarily a good thing.
www.wired.co.uk
And its funny if you like that sort of thing.
en.wikipedia.org
Once such mastery is achieved, the theory goes, the doing of a thing perfectly is as easy as thinking it.
en.wikipedia.org
No matter how down you were before, he made you want to charge back into the battle, but with a smile, knowing, by gosh, we can really win this thing.
en.wikipedia.org
The worst thing for a company is to go to great lengths to solicit employee feedback, and then do nothing with it.
www.inc.com
Putting a mortgage over another person's land when you know them well can be a ticklish thing.
www.stuff.co.nz
Moving onto this week's trend, its hot pants that are the fashionable thing to be seen wearing.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
We seem trapped by an idea that supporting an elite institution is a suspicious, bad thing.
www.independent.ie
The thing that interests me is that children are at the vanguard.
en.wikipedia.org
Yet one thing may unite the querulous factions - the belief that history has not been fair to their notorious ancestor.
www.telegraph.co.uk

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