one of those things

名词 n.
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英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An unfortunate, but unavoidable, event. idiomatic,no-plural
    — It was just one of those things: I spent an hour in traffic and then found that the shop was closed.
  2. A strange or surprising event for which an explanation is unavailable or not worth pursuing. idiomatic,no-plural
    — My father was one of those persons who could add a column of figures - even of the ridiculous coinage then in use locally - with a flick of the eye, so that it was natural for him to have in mind that I should become an accountant. As a result, my inability to make any column of figures reach the same total twice caused me to be something of a mystery as well as a disappointment to him. Still, there it was: just one of those things.
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