In the lyric “It wasn’t no thing to give you up,” should it be understood as “It wasn’t difficult to give you up” or “It wasn’t easy to give you up”? I’m confused about the meaning of “no thing” here.
Further, does 'no thing' equal to 'nothing'?
(Morgan Wallen -- Lies Lies Lies)
“Ain’t no thing” (or “ain’t no thang”) is a fixed expression meaning “[it] is of no importance”. This answer claims it started life as “ain’t no thing but a chicken wing”.
Perhaps Mr Wallen changed “ain’t” to “wasn’t” for euphony or scansion. Maybe he just thought it was “proper English”.
