one of those things

noun phrase

informal

—used to refer to a bad or unfortunate experience that happened and to say that such experiences can happen to anyone

I missed the train and had to take a later one. It was just one of those things, I guess.

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But going to write a song has never been one of those things. —

Rachel Desantis, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024 Cordle says one of those things was Nancy’s car -- a turquoise VW Beetle. —

Veronica Fulton, NBC News, 3 Nov. 2024 Somewhat sweetly, though, the cannibalism that arrives toward the end of the book isn’t exactly one of those things. —

Mikaella Clements & Onjuli Datta, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024 Davey Winder Take The Google Checkup To Keep On Top Of Your Email Security Google’s security checkup feature is one of those things that is either overlooked or totally out of sight for many users. —

Davey Winder, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for one of those things

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