Idiom
mixed bag
Meaning
Something tending to have both good and bad results or characteristics; something having a mixture of advantages and disadvantages.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The new movie was a mixed bag.”
“The vacation was a mixed bag because the hotel was beautiful but the weather was terrible.”
“The results of the economic reform were a mixed bag, offering significant growth for some industries while leaving others in a state of decline.”
Examples
simple
“The new movie was a mixed bag.”
contextual
“The vacation was a mixed bag because the hotel was beautiful but the weather was terrible.”
complex
“The results of the economic reform were a mixed bag, offering significant growth for some industries while leaving others in a state of decline.”
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