One-of-those-things Definition

noun

(idiomatic) An unfortunate, but unavoidable, event.

It was just one of those things: I spent an hour in traffic and then found that the shop was closed.
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One-of-those-things Sentence Examples

  • It isn't one of those things you can talk through, I guess.

  • It isn't one of those things that you tell someone until you've already become involved.

  • I'm thankful that one of those things is me.

  • We talked about writing a will, but it was one of those things you never get around to doing—we're all going to live forever.

  • How terrible it must be to hunger for things that belong to someone else – especially when one of those things is your own daughter.

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