what with one thing and another
informalDefinition
› You say what with one thing and another when you want to explain that the reason you have failed to do something is because you have been very busy: What with one thing and another, I forgot to phone you yesterday.Something, anything, nothing, and everything
(Definition of what with one thing and another from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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SMART Thesaurus
Synonyms and related words:
- anything pronoun (ANY OBJECT/SITUATION)
- anything pronoun (SOMETHING)
- caboodle noun
- diddly noun
- everything pronoun
- fresh adjective (RECENT)
- naught number (NOTHING)
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- nothing pronoun
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- nowt pronoun
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- thing noun (IDEA/EVENT)
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- zero adjective
- zilch noun
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