wise thing
collocation in Englishmeaningsofwiseandthing
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wise
adjective
uk/waɪz/us/waɪz/
approving
having or showing the ability to make good judgments, based on a deep understanding and experience ...
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thing
noun
uk/θɪŋ/us/θɪŋ/
used to refer in an approximate way to an object or to avoid ...
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(Definition ofwiseandthingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We do not think it was awisethingto do.
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That would not be awisethingto do.
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Would that be a reallywisethingto do?
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Is it or is it not awisethingto do?
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It is not awisethingto increase hours of labour.
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It may not be awisethingto do.
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I think it is awisethingto do that if possible.
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I should have thought it would have been awisethingto use that system here.
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It seems to me not a verywisethingto have done.
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I was saying that that is a verywisethingto do.
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I do not think it is a verywisething.
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No doubt that was awisethingto do.
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I believe that would have been awisethingto do.
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Is that always awisethingto do?
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I am not sure that it has been awisethingto do.
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That really is not a verywisethingto have done.
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That is a verywisethingto do.
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I do not think that it is awisethingto do.
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It is not awisethingnot to bring the situation to an end.
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