English in a Minute: Phrases with 'thing'
Learning English Vocabulary
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🗓️ 1 April 2026
⏱️ 1 minutes
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Summary
What's the next big thing, and what's a thing of the past? Learn these 'thing' phrases and more here.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio Podcasts. |
| 0:06.0 | You're listening to BBC LearningEnglish.com. |
| 0:11.0 | Not one thing, not two things, not three things, four things. I'm going to tell you four phrases with thing. |
| 0:24.9 | Something that just doesn't happen anymore is a thing of the past. Getting lost is a thing of the past. |
| 0:32.1 | Now we've all got phones. If you want to insist that something doesn't exist, just say, there's no such thing. |
| 0:40.2 | A way to learn English instantly. I'm afraid there's no such thing. |
| 0:45.1 | If you think something or someone will be really popular or successful in future, |
| 0:50.4 | then it or they could be the next big thing. |
| 0:54.0 | You've got to hear this band. I think they could be the next big thing. You've got to hear this band. I think they |
| 0:56.2 | might be the next big thing. The fourth phrase with thing I'll share with you is about being in the |
| 1:02.7 | middle of all the action. And if that's where you are, you're in the thick of things. If you want to |
| 1:08.7 | work in a hospital, you need to like being in the thick of things. |
| 1:13.3 | Use these four phrases with thing this week. |
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