the thing of it is

The main or fundamental issue or element (of what's being discussed). A longer variant of "the thing is." I agree with your point, but the thing of it is, if we agree to increase spending for education, then all sorts of other public utilities will go underfunded as a result!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Denisa	de-NEE-sah (Romanian)	Czech, Slovak, Romanian
Mirsad	-	Bosnian
Wynnstan	-	Anglo-Saxon
Carmen	['ka:men]
Askwith	['æskwiθ]
Gauri	-	Hinduism, Indian, Hindi, Marathi