a thing

phrase

: anything

—used in negative statements

I can't see a thing without my glasses on.

The guests will be here soon, and I don't have a thing (that is appropriate) to wear.

Don't worry about a thing. I'll take care of everything.

She doesn't look a thing like her older sister.

His new album doesn't sound a thing like his last one.

Examples of a thing in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

An amendment to prohibit noncitizens from voting, a thing that has not happened, and a thing already prohibited. — Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026

And midterm conventions just aren't a thing (at least not since Democrats scrapped them after a short run in 1982). — Tamara Keith, NPR, 9 Sep. 2026

Apple also had a thing or two to say about the structural issues with past foldables. — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026

Stories are just another way of looking sideways at a thing that can have no satisfiable deconstruction. — Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for a thing

• bowstring
• coiling
• downswing
• drawstring
• forewing
• hamstring
• lapwing
• mainspring
• offspring
• plaything
• shoestring
• texting