odd thing
collocation in Englishmeaningsofoddandthing
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odd
adjective
uk/ɒd/us/ɑːd/
strange ...
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thing
noun
uk/θɪŋ/us/θɪŋ/
used to refer in an approximate way to an object or to avoid ...
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(Definition ofoddandthingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Theoddthinghere is that the data and analysis don't match.
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As a layman, this appears to me a ratheroddthingto demand.
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It would be a veryoddthingif he did not.
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Theoddthingis that we have never heard precisely what that evidence is.
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It is a veryoddthingthat these herring leave certain areas.
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A veryoddthingabout politicians is that we love poking into other people's business.
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Theoddthingabout the sealed lorries was that various limbs were protruding from them.
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That seems to me to be a veryoddthingto be belaboured for.
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We are doing a veryoddthinghere.
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Really it is a veryoddthingthat they should be attacked for that.
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It seemed to be a veryoddthing.
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It seems anoddthingto have said.
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Theoddthingis that people continue to get married in spite of every discouragement.
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Theoddthingis that nobody seems to know.
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That is a veryoddthingto do.
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Here we come to the veryoddthingabout this case.
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They thought it a veryoddthingthat only one side should be put over.
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Surely, that seems anoddthingto do?
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But oneoddthinghas occurred to me.
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Is that not a ratheroddthingto have to do?
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