A Thing of the Past 

What we all hope this freaking virus will become.

Hopefully being stuck in quarantine becomes a thing of the past. It better, or ELSE.

A Thing of the Past by Pialinist June 11, 2020

king of the thing 

In context to the song king of the thing by O.A.R.
There is a kink...and this thing that the song speaks of is the throne that the king sits on in the third line of the song. Some may say that you can't be king of a throne. But I say why not. Some beleive this king is the king of India because O.A.R. has a t-shirt that depicts this king as being Indian...hense the turban. And he is sitting on a throne. So what i say it this thing is an Indian throne

Indian: What is the king in the song King of the thing by OAR the king of? What thing?
Indian: The throne DUH

king of the thing by Mike June 26, 2006

King of the thing 

The most important thing; the priority; point; etc.

"But really, the king of the thing is that we need to get to work."

King of the thing by majesticlarson March 27, 2015

Rule of the thing 

A fun idiom that means "a broadly accurate guide or principle, based on practice rather than theory." It is exactly like "Rule of Thumb" but without the added joke that it's meaning stems from domestic abuse.

The general rule of the thing is to add the ingredients when the water starts to boil

Rule of the thing by Heylin September 14, 2019

the coolness of the thing 

when you see something that tis so Cool and you want it so bad

son: daddy so that toy car can I have it

dad: no son we don't have that much money so no
son: but daddy I want is so bad you can say I the coolness of the thing it

the coolness of the thing by ima shoot ya October 30, 2020

it's the principal of the thing 

What a grade-school student tells someone as a reason for his unwillingness to perform a requested action; it means dat while he personally would not mind doing it, he is afraid dat "da big man in dat dreaded upstairs office" would disapprove, and thus he would give him major grief if he found out.

One sixth-grade boy conversing with another on da playground: Sorry, Dude --- I can't slip you a textbook in class to help you get a better grade on your test; it's the principal of the thing."

it's the principal of the thing by QuacksO February 3, 2023

The kind of thing Richard would do 

The wrong way or coming up with a stupid way of doing things.

The kind of thing Richard would do is having hot chocolate with no chocolate.

The kind of thing Richard would do by TheRealRichard May 3, 2020