one of those things
noun phrase
informal
—used to refer to a bad or unfortunate experience that happened and to say that such experiences can happen to anyone
I missed the train and had to take a later one. It was just one of those things, I guess.
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Until recently, like a hot pink Motorola Razr or a Juicy Couture tracksuit phase, the baked Alaska was one of those things people remembered vividly, but couldn’t quite explain.
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Mehr Singh, Vogue, 31 July 2025
The 10,000 steps benchmark just seems to be one of those things that lodges in your head.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 28 July 2025
This is another one of those things that should be done.
—Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 July 2025
Titch abandoning him was one of those things, and so to have that scene at the end is closure.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 23 July 2025
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Mehr Singh, Vogue, 31 July 2025
The 10,000 steps benchmark just seems to be one of those things that lodges in your head.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 28 July 2025
This is another one of those things that should be done.
—Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 July 2025
Titch abandoning him was one of those things, and so to have that scene at the end is closure.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 23 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for one of those things
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“One of those things.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one%20of%20those%20things. Accessed 25 Aug. 2025.
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