mixed bag
/ˈmɪkst ˈbæɡ/ n [C usually sing] infmlDefinition
› a situation that involves a variety of things, esp. good things mixed with bad things: There's a real mixed bag of weather across the nation today – some hot weather, some fog, and some very big storms.
(Definition of mixed bag n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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