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grab bag
noun
- a container or receptacle from which a person at a party or the like draws a gift without knowing what it is.
- any miscellaneous collection.
grab bag
noun
- a collection of miscellaneous things
- a bag or other container from which gifts are drawn at random
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of grab bag1
Idioms and Phrases
A miscellaneous collection, as in The meeting amounted to a grab bag of petty complaints . This term alludes to a container offered at a party or fair, where one dips in for a party favor or prize without knowing what one will get. [Mid-1800s]Example Sentences
Analysts and experts have offered a grab bag other explanations about why Trump made such an aggressive move on trade last week.
After morning break, Mrs Curtis is putting together a grab bag for an eight-year-old pupil whose mum rang the school earlier to let them know they've had to leave their home in a hurry.
Even Whole Foods has joined the movement, offering its own grab bags of surplus food via Too Good to Go.
It鈥檚 mostly a grab bag of targeted subsidies: for parents of small children, for first-time homebuyers, for small businesses, for manufacturing and technology.
Mr. Bayle was among the hundreds of farmers who rolled through the streets of Toulouse earlier this month in their tractors, joining a union-organized protest with a grab bag of demands for the government.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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