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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There was just so much everybody went through: car accidents, and more COVIDs, and strep, and flu, and births, and deaths, and marriages, and divorces, and another strike, and this and that.
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Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 26 June 2024
There are a lot of criteria on governance, on this and that, and a lot of procedures.
—Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2013
Not all photography festivals are able to reflect this and that is very gratifying.
—Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 25 Jan. 2024
Our temples were pounding, and our hearts were hurting, and this and that and the other.
—oregonlive, 8 May 2023
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Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 26 June 2024
There are a lot of criteria on governance, on this and that, and a lot of procedures.
—Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2013
Not all photography festivals are able to reflect this and that is very gratifying.
—Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 25 Jan. 2024
Our temples were pounding, and our hearts were hurting, and this and that and the other.
—oregonlive, 8 May 2023
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“This and that.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/this%20and%20that. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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