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Nov 30, 2017 · 3. The next big thing is a common set phrase meaning: the new rage; the latest fad or trend, esp. in a particular field. - Flat-panel televisions are the next big thing. Ngram shows that the expression became popular from the early '90s but earlier usages date from the first decades of the 20th century as in: The Mid-Pacific Magazine 1926.
Jan 13, 2014 · X is the next big thing in mobile technology. The phrase is oft used in headlines, news reports as well as trade magazines, especially for technology. It may be used for other fields such as entertainment, for example, to refer to an upcoming star, but the usage is less common and a hence little unorthodox.
Jan 7, 2016 · You could say that this thing is a seminal development or seminal advancement. Seminal: highly original and influencing the development of future events: a seminal artist; seminal ideas. Dictionary.com. Alternatively, you could refer to this thing as a landmark, or perhpas landmark achievement
Mar 23, 2018 · Then: subsequently, in addition Next: consequently Finally: to conclude, to summarize. If your sentences and paragraphs are written in active voice, and they are tightly constructed, your reader will follow your sequence easily, without need for the linking words you asked about.
Nov 28, 2016 · *One thing led to another and the next she knew, things had gotten past the point of no return. point of no return: the halfway point; the point at which it is too late to turn back. (Often with past.) The flight was past the point of no return, so we had to continue to our destination.
What day is next Tuesday? When I refer to the very next Monday that will occur in the future, I say "next Monday". Some colleagues refer to it as "this Monday", with "next Monday" meaning the second Monday which will occur in the future (I would refer to that as "Monday week", "this Monday" to me would mean the most recent Monday in the past).
Feb 4, 2014 · 25. I'm looking for an idiom or saying that I could use when people are focusing too much on small details and not seeing the big picture. A couple that come to mind are "being penny-wise and pound foolish" and "rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic". However, the former doesn't fit what I'm thinking of because the present activity might not ...
Apr 19, 2015 · b. "Is it a big deal?" It is a big deal. c. "Is it a BIG big deal?" Well no, it's not a deal THAT big. Now reverse the last sentence: It's not a deal that big = it's not that big a deal. The preposition "of" in the aforementioned phrase is utterly redundant. Anyone who utters it or writes it will end up seeming like a moron.
May 9, 2014 · 2. If the notion is specifically that something is too big to fit, the established idiom is a camel through the eye of a needle (or a needle’s eye). If the notion is more generically that the thing doesn't fit (be it because of size, shape, personality, or some other trait), a similar and equally established idiom is (driving) a round peg ...
Jan 2, 2014 · Used colloquially since c. 1600 to indicate things the speaker can't name at the moment, often with various meaningless suffixes, e.g. thingumbob (1751), thingamajig (1824). Southern U.S. pronunciation thang attested from 1937. The thing "what's stylish or fashionable" is recorded from 1762.
