phrase

• An unexpressed alternative.

  ‘if you keep a lot of rules I'll reward you, and if you don't I'll do the other thing’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Well, it's not exactly fine, but it's better than the other thing.’
  • ‘When she wants to go to the toilet she rings a bell once for a wee and twice for the other thing.’
  • ‘I struggle with the angel on one shoulder and the devil on the other thing for a while and then I brush them off.’