show someone a thing or two in English

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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1854 February 22, The Adeliade Times, Adelaide, page 3, column 4",
          "text": "You want a subject for an article; come with me and I will show you a thing or two.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1982, Roy Higgins and Tom Prior, The Jockey Who Laughed, Hutchinson of Australia, page 15",
          "text": "\"I'll show those smart Western Districts cow-cockies a thing or two,\" the new landowner promised.",
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        "An expression used to indicate that one intends to impress others with something."
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  "word": "show someone a thing or two"
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        "2": "idiom"
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      "expansion": "show someone a thing or two",
      "name": "head"
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          "ref": "1854 February 22, The Adeliade Times, Adelaide, page 3, column 4",
          "text": "You want a subject for an article; come with me and I will show you a thing or two.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1982, Roy Higgins and Tom Prior, The Jockey Who Laughed, Hutchinson of Australia, page 15",
          "text": "\"I'll show those smart Western Districts cow-cockies a thing or two,\" the new landowner promised.",
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"show someone a thing or two" meaning in English

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