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be someone's thing
suit or not suit someone's tastes
If something is your thing, you enjoy it or it suits your tastes; if it is not your thing, you do not enjoy it or it does not suit you.
Hear it in real life
Do you want to try salsa dancing?
Thanks, but dancing isn't really my thing.
Going to big parties isn't really my thing; I'd rather meet a few friends for dinner.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: Horror films aren't my thing to me.
Say: Horror films aren't my thing.
Use not my thing without adding to me at the end.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
it is my thing; it is not my thing; something is really my thing
Your turn: say it out loud
Going to big parties isn't really my thing; I'd rather meet a few friends for dinner.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
be someone's thing
suit or not suit someone's tastes
“Going to big parties isn't really my thing; I'd rather meet a few friends for dinner.”
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