this and that
Nothing in particular
Various things, miscellaneous matters, or unspecified topics of conversation: We chatted about this and that.
The phrase suggests casual, unhurried exchange without a particular agenda—small talk covering whatever comes up.
It can also mean assorted items or activities: I spent the afternoon doing this and that around the house.
- odds and endsMiscellaneous small items
- whatnotUnspecified additional items
- miscellanyAssorted collection of items
- mixed bagAssortment of varying quality
- all sortsGreat variety combined
bits and pieces · bits and bobs · odds and sods · mishmash · hodgepodge · sundries · grab bag · medley · mélange · doohickey · whatchamacallit · knickknacks · one thing or another · vacillation · whatsis · indecision · thingamajig · etcetera
- vague wordssomething, someone, somewhere, sometime, somehow
- "And More" Phrasesetc., etcetera, and so forth, et al., whatnot
- pairspair, pairs, two, duo, duos
- oscillationoscillation, back and forth, back-and-forth, to and fro, ebb and flow