British, American & Australian, British & Australian, informal

a group of small objects of different types which are not very valuable or important.

I eventually found my keys buried beneath the odds and ends in the bottom of my bag.

• thing or two
• things have come reached a pretty pass
• things have come to a pretty pass
• think again
• think are God's gift to women
• think back
• think better of
• think better of it
• think better of something
• think big
• think for
• think for yourself
• thinking man's crumpet
• thinking woman's crumpet
• think long and hard
• think nothing of
• think nothing of doing something
• think nothing of something
• think on feet
• think on your feet
• think out loud
• think outside the box
• think over
• think positive
• think something over