a mixed bag

mixed bag

A diverse mixture or group. The conference was a mixed bag of all kinds of different people. I thought that all of my classes this semester would be interesting, but it's really been a mixed bag so far.

a mixed bag

COMMON If something is a mixed bag, it contains things that are of very different types or qualities. The newspapers carry a mixed bag of stories on their front pages. The programmes are a mixed bag as they have to cater for all tastes. Note: The bag referred to here is a hunting bag containing the different kinds of animals and birds that the hunter has shot.

a mixed bag

a diverse assortment of things or people.

a ˌmixed ˈbag/ˈbunch

(informal) a group of people or things of different types or of different abilities: The entries to the competition were a real mixed bag — some excellent, some awful. This year’s students are rather a mixed bunch.

mixed bag, a

A haphazard collection of objects, people, or categories. This phrase dates from the first half of the 1900s. For example, “Representatives of the press, a mixed bag in age, but not in sex” (A. Behrend, Samurai Affair, 1973), indicates journalists of many different ages but all either male or female.

词组	a mixed bag
释义	a mixed bag mixed bag A diverse mixture or group. The conference was a mixed bag of all kinds of different people. I thought that all of my classes this semester would be interesting, but it's really been a mixed bag so far. See also: bag, mixed Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. a mixed bag COMMON If something is a mixed bag, it contains things that are of very different types or qualities. The newspapers carry a mixed bag of stories on their front pages. The programmes are a mixed bag as they have to cater for all tastes. Note: The bag referred to here is a hunting bag containing the different kinds of animals and birds that the hunter has shot. See also: bag, mixed Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. a mixed bag a diverse assortment of things or people. See also: bag, mixed Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary a ˌmixed ˈbag/ˈbunch (informal) a group of people or things of different types or of different abilities: The entries to the competition were a real mixed bag — some excellent, some awful. This year’s students are rather a mixed bunch. See also: bag, bunch, mixed Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary mixed bag, a A haphazard collection of objects, people, or categories. This phrase dates from the first half of the 1900s. For example, “Representatives of the press, a mixed bag in age, but not in sex” (A. Behrend, Samurai Affair, 1973), indicates journalists of many different ages but all either male or female. See also: mixed The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: a mixed bag/bunch gut class be able to count (someone or something) on one hand be able to count (someone or something) on the fingers of one hand be able to count somebody/something on one hand dissatisfied dissatisfied with dissatisfied with (someone or something) a one-off have (something) coming out of (one's) ears References in periodicals archive Returning from a five-game road trip on April 5 for their first homestand of the season, the White Sox's offense was a mixed bag. Sox absorb another lopsided loss at Oakland When looking at more recent periods, when weather is improving, interleague attendance sees a mixed bag. Inside the Numbers: MLB 2010 First Interleague Attendance
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