A. I don't get mad at people for saying mean things.

You got to wonder what anyone would go and do a mean thing like that for.

She knows you wouldn't say a mean thing to nobody, not for this world.

Could be that Mama hit hard and said mean things.

All those mean things he said about me while training for our fight.

I felt sorry for her, even though she had done a very mean thing.

How would you feel if somebody said mean things your family?

People concerned about the schools are saying mean things, too.

People said mean things about him, but he was nice to us children.

"And I won't let them say another mean thing to you again."

Because I know people use big words, but they really mean short things.

What's gone on in the media these past six months doesn't mean a thing.

Just because you have brown hair and eyes doesn't mean a thing.

Put them all together and they don't mean a thing.

As you can see, these terms do not mean the same thing.

Maybe not in my words, but they mean the same thing.

Often the two terms are used to mean the same thing.

But when people say these words, they usually mean the same thing.

Why have different words if they all mean the same thing?

They mean not quite the same thing, but they're in relationship with each other.