Nothing and other things

Some may think it is just a "figure of speech" taken at face value, something like other things... By the way, what are things? And why are they always present in the middle of our daily conversations? Is it because it is a word with a broad meaning? Misleading perhaps? A word with many facets, making it suitable for use in many contexts? So what about "nothing"? Was it meant to take the ruling of things in general, and their ease of use? No... It was not a word that day carrying dozens of meanings, nor was it a poem whose lines' intentions are disputed, or a painting whose overlapping lines are hard to interpret. "Nothing" is, on the contrary, unlike all things... It is a word that does not indicate its apparent meaning, but rather the exact opposite.