Talk:first thing

RFV discussion: March–April 2017
Adverb sense 2:


 * Straight away, very soon.

The example given, "It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew, made a sudden bend around ...", is not an adverbial use of "first thing" as far as I can see. Is there any valid adverbial sense here that is different from sense 1? Mihia (talk) 02:14, 10 March 2017 (UTC)


 * I'll get to it first thing. Kiwima (talk) 04:30, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Do you mean that, to you, "I'll get to it first thing" can mean "I'll get to it straight away"? To me, it means "I'll get to it early in the morning". Mihia (talk) 03:54, 15 March 2017 (UTC)


 * Yes, it can mean "I'll get to it straight away". And I did -- I added some quotes to the entry. Kiwima (talk) 02:24, 22 March 2017 (UTC)
 * In my dialect/idiolect, only "I'll get to it first thing tomorrow (or 'in the morning')" implies that it's early in the morning. Andrew Sheedy (talk) 02:31, 22 March 2017 (UTC)


 * OK, fair enough. I deleted the "rfv" label. Mihia (talk) 02:51, 23 March 2017 (UTC)


 * RFV passed. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 01:04, 12 April 2017 (UTC)