"Here's the thing" can be used as a buildup to an insult and to make sure you'll have the attention of the receiving party. Ending it with a "that's more or less the thing" will let them know that you've finished conveying this information.
Jack: My allegiance is to the law, I'm paid to uphold the law.
Bill: What in the heaven's name are you talking about? You may have misgivings, but don't go believing that, Jack. That way lies damnation.
Jack: I'm in no danger of damnation, Bill.
Bill: Here's the thing, I don't give tuppenny fuck about your moral conundrum you meat-headed shit sack, that's more or less the thing.
Bill: What in the heaven's name are you talking about? You may have misgivings, but don't go believing that, Jack. That way lies damnation.
Jack: I'm in no danger of damnation, Bill.
Bill: Here's the thing, I don't give tuppenny fuck about your moral conundrum you meat-headed shit sack, that's more or less the thing.
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Is usually uttered from the tongue of the non-black North American's who want to sound black.
Is usually uttered from the tongue of the non-black North American's who want to sound black.
Doc. Z: "I'm handing your math exams back"
Jassey: "Oh poom, i know i failed!"
Doc. Z: "No Jassey, You pass with a 51%"
Jassey: "Sweet things! Now i don't have to go to high school anymore!"
Jassey: "Oh poom, i know i failed!"
Doc. Z: "No Jassey, You pass with a 51%"
Jassey: "Sweet things! Now i don't have to go to high school anymore!"
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Not infrequently used to refer to sexual activities.
Not infrequently used to refer to sexual activities.
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John: Bob's got a real drinking problem, have you talked to him?
Julie: Yes but he's doing the Egyptian Thing and won't talk to me.
Julie: Yes but he's doing the Egyptian Thing and won't talk to me.
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