this and that

English

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

this and that

1. Various unspecified things.

   "What have you been doing lately?" — "Oh, you know, this and that."

Translations

things

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 呢樣嗰樣 / 呢样嗰样, 呢样𠮶样 (ni¹ joeng⁶ go² joeng⁶; nei¹ joeng⁶ go² joeng⁶)

• Dutch: ditjes-en-datjes pl
• Esperanto: tio kaj alio
• Finnish: se ja tämä, vaikka mitä
• French: ceci et cela
• German: dies und das (de)
• Hungarian: ezt is, azt is
• Norwegian: ditt og datt
• Polish: to i owo n
• Russian: то да сё (to da sjo), то́-то и то́-то (tó-to i tó-to), вся́кая вся́чина (ru) (vsjákaja vsjáčina)
• Swedish: ditt och datt (sv), ditten och datten (sv), dittan och dattan
• Vietnamese: này nọ (vi)
• Welsh: hyn a'r llall

See also

• here and there
• hither and thither
• now and then
• one thing or another