that's just the thing

that's just the thing
that and nothing more, that's the thing

"Maybe it's just because the pot at Pine Ridge didn't have half its spout off that the tea never tasted the same." "That's probably it." (D. Cusack)

"Just tell me one thing. You need to make more money, is that it?" "That's it," said Charles. (J. Wain)

"This is it, Bart my boy," he said to himself. "This must be the real thing." (D. Cusack)


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