this and that

Idioms  

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.

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Example Sentences

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this and that

He added there was a "sense of hopelessness that comes with all of this", and that he did not really know what was going on.

From BBC ● May 13, 2026

Between this and that, here and there, the Lightning might weigh as much as 1,000 pounds less with Donuts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026

"The oil industry has not provided a particularly convincing explanation for this, and that is why we will take action."

From Barron's ● Mar. 17, 2026

The architecture of Artemis has been a dog’s breakfast, glopping together a bit of this and that, including “heritage hardware” derived from the Shuttle program.

From Slate ● Dec. 9, 2025

Hate was like a fuel that drove him, kept him stumbling around in the darkness, picking up this and that inside the boat, slamming it down, swearing and hating, always hating.

From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen

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