be one thing
English
Verb
be one thing
- To be reasonable or easy; used to contrast one simple or sensible option with one that is not.
- Talking is one thing, actually taking action is another.
- 2020, Thryv, Inc., FKA Dex Media, Inc. v. Click-to-Call Technologies, LP, et al. (U.S. Supreme Court No. 18–916), Justice Gorsuch dissenting:
- It might be one thing if Congress clearly ordained this strange result. But it did not. The relevant statute, the presumption of judicial review, and our precedent all point toward allowing, not forbidding, inventors their day in court.
Further reading
- “be one thing” in the Collins English Dictionary
- “— is one thing, — is another”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.