so-and-so

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ˈso-and-so noun

1 [uncountableU]NAME OF A PERSON used to refer to a particular person or thing when you do not give a specific name 某某人；某某事 → such and such

I’d find myself thinking, ‘I wonder what so-and-so is doing?’

我会发觉自己在想:“不知道某某人正在干什么呢？”

2 [countableC]NAME OF A PERSON a very unpleasant or unreasonable person – used when you want to avoid using a swear word 讨厌[无理]的人〔用以代替某个咒骂语〕

Peter can be a real so-and-so at times.

彼得有时候讨厌得很。

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so-and-so• They're always gossiping about so-and-so having an affair with so-and-so.• He'd say, "Lula, let's do so-and-so, " and expect me to do it.• The paper is full of stories about how so-and-so violated this or that law.• Johnson was a mean old so-and-so.

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