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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Like really connecting on the deeper level to the desperation and the pain and rejection that Elisabeth is facing at the beginning of this and that kind of depth of fear and self-loathing.
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2024
Cue the wedding-preliminary this and that, the roving bacchanalia of drinking and partying and parasailing, with Marilyn’s fiancé steering clear by design (his and the screenwriters’), so as not to intrude on the girls’ weekend.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 July 2024
Granted, there is cultural polarization about this and that — pronouns, bathrooms, indoctrination masquerading as education, etc.
—George F. Will, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
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.
—Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 26 June 2024
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2024
Cue the wedding-preliminary this and that, the roving bacchanalia of drinking and partying and parasailing, with Marilyn’s fiancé steering clear by design (his and the screenwriters’), so as not to intrude on the girls’ weekend.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 July 2024
Granted, there is cultural polarization about this and that — pronouns, bathrooms, indoctrination masquerading as education, etc.
—George F. Will, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
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.
—Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 26 June 2024
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“This and that.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/this%20and%20that. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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