real thing

“Recognizing the hot hand, which is a real thing, but recognizing the hot hand and then executing just shows a level of selflessness,” Redick said.

It is intended to replicate hunting without killing animals, but critics claim it can be used as a "smokescreen" for the real thing.

Since the beginning of touring “Achtung Baby,” we were riffing on this idea of “even better than the real thing.”

It's a direct substitution of fool's gold for the real thing.

“The authors make a good case for the 27 Club being a real thing because it is a thing,” said Barnett, whose primary area of research is reducing hospital infections.