this and that
idiom
informal
: several different things
"What have you been doing all day?" "Oh, a little bit of this and that."
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This is not going to work structurally, this and that.
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Senior Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
So many people are getting pardoned, and this and that.
—NBC news, 28 Sep. 2025
And whenever there's a human element, there's going to be mess-ups and this and that.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
Drinking sugar, adding sugar, this and that.
—Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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Senior Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
So many people are getting pardoned, and this and that.
—NBC news, 28 Sep. 2025
And whenever there's a human element, there's going to be mess-ups and this and that.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
Drinking sugar, adding sugar, this and that.
—Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 8 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for this and that
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“This and that.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/this%20and%20that. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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