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a thing or two

a thing or two phrase: an unspecified amount.

Phrase

a thing or two

  1. An unspecified amount
    • What are you doing today?
      —I have a thing or two to take care of.
    Synonyms:
    this and that
  2. A considerable amount; a lot.
    • He's a good mechanic, and surely knows a thing or two about car engines.
    • I could tell you a thing or two about that new boyfriend of yours.

a thing or two meaning in Malayalam

a thing or two in Malayalam

ചില കാര്യങ്ങൾ, ഒന്നൊ രണ്ടൊ കാര്യങ്ങൾ

Examples of a thing or two in a sentence

  • He [Winston Churchill] was born at Blenheim Palace, that Oxfordshire pile built for his ancestor John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, who also knew a thing or two about warfare.2021 September 22, Stephen Roberts, “The writings on the wall...”, in RAIL, number 940, page 75:
  • The good news is that the new Rail Minister is Huw Merriman, former Chairman of the House of Commons Transport Select Committee, which means he knows a thing or two about the railways.2022 November 16, Christian Wolmar, “Can Merriman use his rail knowledge to make a difference?”, in RAIL, number 970, page 44:

Synonyms of a thing or two

All synonyms of a thing or two

Questions about a thing or two

What does a thing or two mean?
A thing or two means an unspecified amount.
What is a thing or two in Malayalam?
A thing or two in Malayalam is ചില കാര്യങ്ങൾ, ഒന്നൊ രണ്ടൊ കാര്യങ്ങൾ. See A thing or two meaning in Malayalam.
How do you use a thing or two in a sentence?
He [Winston Churchill] was born at Blenheim Palace, that Oxfordshire pile built for his ancestor John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, who also knew a thing or two about warfare.
What part of speech is a thing or two?
A thing or two is a phrase.

Words near a thing or two in the dictionary

  1. A team
  2. A teamer
  3. A teamers
  4. A teams
  5. a tergo
  6. a thing or two
  7. a thousand
  8. A to B travel
  9. a to z
  10. A to Zs
  11. a ton

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Adapted from Wiktionary: a thing or two (page history and authors); a thing or two (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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