this and that

1. Also, this, that, and the other. Various miscellaneous items, one thing and another, as in He said this and that about the budget, but nothing new or of great substance, or We spent all evening chatting about this, that, and the other. The first idiom was first recorded in 1581; the variant dates from the early 1900s.

Example Sentences

Had my little tackle box of this and that.

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It is also showing Palestinians that they’re not alone in this and that we’re at least trying our hardest to get there.

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Love that you said: “To have a great nation, you have to have religion. I believe that so strongly. There has to be something after we go through all of this — and that something is God.”

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"My feeling, and I think the feeling of other people, is that there's really nothing that you did to cause this, and that includes taking a safe medication during pregnancy," she said.

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"I don't do excuses. I don't talk about process and this and that. I'm in the here and now, I want to win," said Bellamy.

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Related Words

• odds and ends