a sometime thing

An activity that one participates or engages in infrequently, sporadically, or in a limited capacity. With two kids at home, my career in finance has had to take priority, with writing only being a sometime thing. Ever since the power plant shut down, work in this part of the country has become kind of a sometime thing.

something thing, a

Something occasional or transient, as in For most free-lance musicians, work is a sometime thing. This idiom gained currency in the title of a song by George Gershwin, "A Woman Is A Sometime Thing" (1935), introduced in the folk opera Porgy and Bess.

词组	a sometime thing
释义	a sometime thing a sometime thing An activity that one participates or engages in infrequently, sporadically, or in a limited capacity. With two kids at home, my career in finance has had to take priority, with writing only being a sometime thing. Ever since the power plant shut down, work in this part of the country has become kind of a sometime thing. See also: sometime, thing Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. something thing, a Something occasional or transient, as in For most free-lance musicians, work is a sometime thing. This idiom gained currency in the title of a song by George Gershwin, "A Woman Is A Sometime Thing" (1935), introduced in the folk opera Porgy and Bess. See also: something The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. See also: something thing, a mocking is catching weekend warrior sleaze sleaze factor rarely ever scarcely ever dabble in dabble in (something) life in the fast lane
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