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Meaning of that's the thing | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C1

Definitions

Used to seize on a point and highlight its comparative importance, especially as a refutation or negation to a statement made by another speaker.

colloquial, idiomatic

Examples

“But that's the thing, see? Like you said, you can't just go spending your money like that.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

that's the ticket that's the ticket for soup that's the tip that's the way it goes that's the way life is that's the way the ball bounces