mixed bag: meaning & examples

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Language: English

Meanings:

  • 1.

    USUKAustraliaCanadaGeneral Englishinformalneutral
    • An assortment or collection composed of a variety of different kinds of people or things.

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    • The festival was a mixed bag of performers, ranging from classical musicians to hip-hop artists.

      The festival was a mixed bag of performers, ranging from classical musicians to hip-hop artists.

    • Our team is a mixed bag of experienced veterans and enthusiastic newcomers.

      Our team is a mixed bag of experienced veterans and enthusiastic newcomers.

    • The movie received a mixed bag of reviews, with some critics praising it and others criticizing it harshly.

      The movie received a mixed bag of reviews, with some critics praising it and others criticizing it harshly.

  • 2.

    USUKAustraliaCanadaGeneral Englishinformalneutral
    • A situation or outcome that includes both positive and negative elements; mixed results or qualities.

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    • The company's quarterly results were a mixed bag, with profits up but sales down in key markets.

      The company's quarterly results were a mixed bag, with profits up but sales down in key markets.

    • After the vacation, we had a mixed bag of memories—some wonderful, some frustrating.

      After the vacation, we had a mixed bag of memories—some wonderful, some frustrating.

    • The new policy was a mixed bag, helping some employees but causing confusion for others.

      The new policy was a mixed bag, helping some employees but causing confusion for others.

Examples:

  • EN: It's a mixed bag because I went over there and killed people for, you know... is that why I did that?
    ES: Son sentimientos encontrados porque fui allá y maté gente.
  • EN: Quite a mixed bag.
    ES: - Una bolsa bastante variada.
  • EN: Lewis, you're talking about a mixed bag of boozing, middle-aged... "pot-bellied businessmen.
    ES: Lewis, está hablando de un grupo de fofos, de edad mediana fuera de forma, hombres de negocios.
  • EN: Collie has a mixed bag of killers backing me up.
    ES: Collis tiene a unos asesinos respaldándome.
  • EN: - We got a mixed bag, owl and 'possum.
    ES: - Traemos un buho y una zarigüeya.
  • EN: Do be a sport and fly me and my lover..." and a mixed bag of friends out of the country.
    ES: Sácanos a mi amante, a mí y a un diverso grupo de amigos del país.
  • EN: These long ropers in the Missouri Breaks are a mixed bag.
    ES: Los vaqueros de Missouri son un poco de todo.
  • EN: Of course, it is a mixed bag.
    ES: Por supuesto, hay de todo.
  • EN: They're a mixed bag.
    ES: Es un grupo de gente variada.
  • EN: -Oh, it was a mixed bag.
    ES: - De todo un poco.
  • EN: A real mixed bag, just like your English Mary Rose.
    ES: Un auténtico tesoro. Es como su Mary Rose inglés.
  • EN: More of a mixed bag than you realise.
    ES: Hay más en ese cajón de sastre de lo que creen.
  • EN: It's a mixed bag of nuts when family heirlooms get passed down.
    ES: Uno hereda de todo un poco.
  • EN: But there's only what the sea washes up, and that's a very mixed bag indeed.
    ES: Pero aquí solo se cuenta con lo que el mar arroja, lo que genera mezclas bastante extrañas.
  • EN: Well, it's a mixed bag.
    ES: Las dos cosas.

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