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used for comparing two things when the second is much more important, serious, difficult etc than the first
It’s one thing to forecast the weather, it’s another thing to get it right!
Thesaurus: ways of comparing things
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One Thing — «One Thing» Сингл Томаса Андерса из альбома Different Выпущен 08.1989 Формат 7 сингл, 12 сингл, 3 CD, video Жанр поп,рок Длительность 16:50 … Википедия
One Thing — «One Thing» Sencillo de Thomas Anders del álbum Different Formato Sencillo 7 , CD Maxi y Video Grabación 1988 Género(s) Europop Duración … Wikipedia Español
Avoid One Thing — Infobox musical artist Name = Avoid One Thing Img capt = Img size = Landscape = Background = group or band Alias = Origin = Boston, Massachusetts, USA Genre = Years active = 2002 2005 (Hiatus) Label = Side One Dummy Records Associated acts = URL … Wikipedia
what with one thing and another — phrase used for referring to many different events in a way that is not specific You use this expression in order to explain why something did or did not happen What with one thing and another, I didn’t get home until after midnight. Thesaurus:… … Useful english dictionary
it's one thing to do A, it's another thing to do B — A is ˈone thing, B is aˈnother | it s ˈone thing to do A, it s aˈnother thing to do B idiom B is very different from A, for example it is more difficult, serious or important • Romance is one thing, marriage is quite another. • It s one thing to… … Useful english dictionary
A is one thing, B is another — A is ˈone thing, B is aˈnother | it s ˈone thing to do A, it s aˈnother thing to do B idiom B is very different from A, for example it is more difficult, serious or important • Romance is one thing, marriage is quite another. • It s one thing to… … Useful english dictionary
it's one thing to..., it's another thing to... — it’s one thing to..., it’s another/a different/thing to... mainly spoken phrase used for comparing two things when the second is much more important, serious, difficult etc than the first It’s one thing to forecast the weather, it’s another thing … Useful english dictionary
be neither one thing nor the other — if you say that something is neither one thing nor the other, you think it is bad because it is a mixture of two different things that do not combine well together. I prefer a book to be either fact or fiction this one s neither one thing nor the … New idioms dictionary
what with one thing and another — used for referring to many different events in a way that is not specific. You use this expression in order to explain why something did or did not happen What with one thing and another, I didn t get home until after midnight … English dictionary
thing — [ θıŋ ] noun count *** ▸ 1 object/item ▸ 2 action/activity ▸ 3 situation/event ▸ 4 fact/condition ▸ 5 aspect of life ▸ 6 idea/information ▸ 7 something not specific ▸ 8 someone/something young you like ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) an object or ITEM. This… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English