"real thing" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "real things",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "real thing (plural real things)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English positive polarity items",
          "parents": [
            "Positive polarity items",
            "Terms by semantic function"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2022 October 1, Phil McNulty, “Arsenal 3-1 Tottenham: Gunners show identity & direction in outstanding derby win”, in BBC Sport",
          "text": "Recent history acts as a warning not to get carried away when Arsenal look as though they are finally emerging from their long post-Arsene Wenger transition period - but this time it feels like the real thing.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Something genuine and of high quality, as opposed to an inferior imitation."
      ],
      "id": "en-real_thing-en-noun-hZa2UEc3",
      "links": [
        [
          "genuine",
          "genuine"
        ],
        [
          "quality",
          "quality"
        ],
        [
          "inferior",
          "inferior"
        ],
        [
          "imitation",
          "imitation"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "real deal"
        },
        {
          "word": "real McCoy"
        },
        {
          "word": "pure quill"
        },
        {
          "word": "the shit"
        },
        {
          "word": "the bomb"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "real thing"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "real things",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "real thing (plural real things)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English positive polarity items",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2022 October 1, Phil McNulty, “Arsenal 3-1 Tottenham: Gunners show identity & direction in outstanding derby win”, in BBC Sport",
          "text": "Recent history acts as a warning not to get carried away when Arsenal look as though they are finally emerging from their long post-Arsene Wenger transition period - but this time it feels like the real thing.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Something genuine and of high quality, as opposed to an inferior imitation."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "genuine",
          "genuine"
        ],
        [
          "quality",
          "quality"
        ],
        [
          "inferior",
          "inferior"
        ],
        [
          "imitation",
          "imitation"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "real deal"
        },
        {
          "word": "real McCoy"
        },
        {
          "word": "pure quill"
        },
        {
          "word": "the shit"
        },
        {
          "word": "the bomb"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "real thing"
}