any old thing

any old thing

Any thing at all. You can wear any old thing tonight, it's not a fancy event. It's not just any old thing—it's my grandfather's pocket watch. We need to find it!
See also: any, old, thing
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

any old thing

Fig. just anything, not necessarily old. Just give me one. I don't care which. Just give me any old thing.
See also: any, old, thing
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

ˈany old thing, time, place, etc.

(spoken) it does not matter which thing, when, where, etc: Come on, let’s go out now — you can do the housework any old time. We can’t have any old person looking after the kids — it has to be someone reliable.
See also: any, old
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • it's not the meat, it's the motion
  • not half bad
  • (it's) not half bad
  • for all it's worth
  • for whatever it's worth
  • it's a zoo
  • it's all the same to me
  • be up to (one)
  • be up to somebody
  • fashion victim
References in classic literature
"Oh, I don't know, any old thing, starvation chiefly, I suppose....
Of Human Bondage
judge/rat deserts the sinking the ship as Danny O'Nobody quits The Voice to concentrate on any old thing...
VOICE OVER ANOTHER
They are a great pulsating rabble who are distinguished only by our desire to write any old thing for any kind of ephemeral publication" - London Mayor Boris Johnson on journalists.
They say
And the presents are not just any old thing - they will include items such as Burberry coats, diamante collars and even cologne for dogs.
Furberry please.
ANOTHER judge/rat deserts the sinking ship as Danny O'Nobody quits The Voice to concentrate on any old thing...
VOICE OVER
But this girl doesn't just nip to the shops in any old thing - she donned a highly-styled outfit of knee-high boots and a thigh-skimming polka-dot number.
RADAR: SIENNA SPOTTED