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Mixed bag
mixed bag
If you describe a situation or a group of things or people as a mixed bag, you mean that it contains some good items, features, or people and some bad ones. Research on athletes and ordinary human subjects has yielded a mixed bag of results... This autumn’s collections are a very mixed bag. N-SING: usu a N, oft N of n
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noun Date: 1926 1. a miscellaneous collection ; assortment 2. one having both positive and negative qualities or aspects his performance was a ~ ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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{n. phr.} A varied set of people, ideas, objects, or circumstances, including both the good and the bad. * /This report is a mixed bag of opinions./ * /There was a mixed bag of people at the press conference./ ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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