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The English We Speak from BBC Learning English.
Hello and welcome to the English We Speak.
I'm Fei.
Fei.
And I'm Neil.
Where's your beard?
Oh, I shaved it off.
Fancied a change.
Beards are such a thing these days.
Yep.
Ever since beards became a thing, I found them a bit boring.
A thing.
Of course, we know what the word thing normally means, but what does a thing mean here?
Our phrase for this program means a trend or something recognisable in popular culture.
If beards are a thing, it means they've become fashionable.
Lots of people have them.
Yes, Cats on the Internet.
They're a thing.