Meanings
- An unspecified amount
What are you doing today? —I have a thing or two to take care of.
Synonyms: this and that
- A considerable amount; a lot.
I could tell you a thing or two about that new boyfriend of yours.
3 more examples
He's a good mechanic, and surely knows a thing or two about car engines.
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 75The 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 44Synonyms: a lot, loads, tons, a great deal
Synonyms & antonyms
phraseAn unspecified amount
phraseA considerable amount; a lot.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 很多
- 很多 (hěnduō)a lot
Dutch het een en ander
- het een en anderunspecified amount
Finnish sitä ja tätä, yhtä ja toista
- sitä ja tätäunspecified amount
- yhtä ja toistaunspecified amount
- yhtä jos toistaunspecified amount
German das eine oder andere
- das eine oder andereunspecified amount
Hebrew דבר אחד או שניים, דבר או שניים
- דבר אחד או שנייםunspecified amount
- דבר או שנייםunspecified amount
Hungarian egy-két dolog
- egy-két dologunspecified amount
Icelandic eitt og annað
- eitt og annaðunspecified amount
Irish rud nó dhó, cuid mhór
- rud nó dhóunspecified amount
- cuid mhóra lot
Polish coś niecoś, coś niecoś
- coś niecośunspecified amount
- coś niecośa lot
Russian ко́е-что
- ко́е-что (kóje-što)unspecified amount
Spanish un rato
- un ratounspecified amount
Swedish ett och annat
- ett och annatunspecified amount
Cite this entry
a thing or two. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/a%20thing%20or%20two
“a thing or two.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/a%20thing%20or%20two. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “a thing or two,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/a%20thing%20or%20two.
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