the real thing

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They have created a model swallowtail butterfly that can fly just like the real thing.
他們設計出一種模型，這個模型能夠像真正的燕尾蝶那樣飛起來。
But I don't want a small one at the moment because they're all like supermarket own-brand cola: weedy imitations of the real thing.
但是我現在也不想要一輛小車因爲他們都好像那些超市擁有的自己品牌的可樂一樣：粗糙的模倣正品。
It usually takes a little bit of Hollywood magic to convincingly make a cloud look like a person's face, but a man in New Brunswick, Canada might have seen the real thing.
通常需要有點兒好萊隖魔術，才能令人信服地把一朵雲看成一個人的臉孔，但加拿大新不倫瑞尅省的一個男子，他卻可能看到了真有這樣的東西。

But counterfeit drugs may contain too much, too little or none of the active ingredients of the real thing.
I think that's the real thing we should talk about, not the size of his penthouse.
我認爲這才是我們需要談論的,而不是他的頂層套房有多大
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Now, you may not think that implied consent is as good as the real thing.
不過你可能認爲默認的同意不如白紙黑字的協議。
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