# thus and such

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/thus-and-such
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

A placeholder or generic name for something.

## Examples

- He told me to buy this and such at the store.
- The instructions were vague, simply telling us to adjust this and such until the machine worked.
- The witness provided a rambling account of the evening, mentioning this and such in a way that made the timeline impossible to reconstruct.

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