The phrase
"usual things" generally refers to the ordinary or common activities, objects, or tasks that we typically encounter or experience in our daily lives.
Full definition
I typically carry a sweater, gloves when it gets colder,
usual things like wallet and sunglasses, so I need a large bag in the fall.
I started out that way... trying to make it more simplistic in the Christmas decor... but as
usual things got away from me... but not as much... (for me)... However, I must say that I have taken two loads of Christmas decor to our local PTA thrift store..
No problems with mechanics,
replaced usual things ie: alternator, battery, timing belt, power steering hose etc..
The usual suspects have said
the usual things about Trudeau's pre-budget rhetoric.
«When being introduced,
the usual thing is to shake hands and say, «How do you do?»
Once he quit both jobs to become an entrepreneur he did all
the usual things such as borrow money from family and friends and max out his credit card.
When Rally Software, which makes project management tools for enterprises looking to stay agile and, well, lean, moved its Boulder, Colorado, offices, the company did
the usual thing and hired someone to stick their conference rooms and cubes in the right places.
Fake Jane was complaining to Fake Mary Thompson about
the usual things — men, job, life, looks, age, money, collagen.
You want to grow your company, and what comes to mind is all
the usual things — increase sales, invest in technology, hire staff, scale operations, and so forth.
The usual suspects were in attendance saying
the usual things: Mark Carney spoke about the need for China to understand the risks of the «paradox of thrift» (see my post from earlier today) that will be unleashed by fiscal consolidation.
Marking grace's presence by bestowing a name is
the usual thing for Christians (consider confirmation or holy orders), making attention to names fundamental to and constitutive of any Christian pattern of life.
I'm glad there are so many words of gratitude for all
the usual things: for God revealed in Jesus Christ, for family, life, provision, friendship, health, and all the ordinary things for which ordinary people say thanks.
♦ Plugs such as this one are not
our usual thing.
You've tried
the usual things — mountain top retreats, «Renew your Ministry Mojo» type conferences, taking a new call in a new locale — but nothing's taking the stink out.
If the Serbs are aggressing in Kosovo — which is not clear —
the usual thing would be to send in troops to drive them out.
In the Bible, and in history since biblical times, it has been
the usual thing for a prophet to be in trouble.
Then one day the Pastor started cutting the puppet team out of
the usual things we used to do.It finally came down to doing nothing at all.
Now I'll allow you sixty seconds to take yourself through a typical day in your life... you're still you... you'll do
your usual things... but in the body of the other sex....
I did
my usual thing of not quite reading the ingredients or in this case the method quite well enough beforehand, and did not realise that it required a food processor which I do not have, to bind together the sweet potato and dates.
Tried this tonight just for me as I'm fed up of
my usual things and I happened to have all the ingredients and normal pasta.
I'll admit to often skipping the non-recipe sections in vegan cookbooks, since, 5 years into veganism, I'm pretty familiar with the ingredients, equipment and
the usual things discussed.
He will say
the usual things like its difficult to do business in January or his favourite «I could not find anyone with enough quality».
Now, the Yankees are headed home to do
their usual thing of either quietly plugging holes or making loud and expensive splashes.
I think Wenger said
the usual thing in order to avoid competition from other clubs.
Iwobi was a headless chicken and looked totally out of his depth while Ramsey did
his usual thing — running around a lot with nothing to show for it.
I really hope this becomes
the usual thing at Arsenal.
He created chances and also has quite a few himself and that is
a usual thing for when he's playing.
Ferrari has done
its usual thing of threatening to quit the sport and now Mercedes chairman Niki Lauda is wondering whether Liberty Media is doing the right things for Formula 1.
The facts tell us he has been here eight years with only one top half season but many useful short spells, none of which last long, before he is either injured (
the usual thing) or loses form.
The usual things are not working, and we can't adapt.
THATS WHY THE PRESS ARE ALWAYS AFTER HIM and the club cos he's made himself a target and he has» nt won anything of note for a decade, The press are loathsome in many ways but with Arsenal they ask the questions thet we as fans are NOT allowed to and when Wenger does
his usual thing they get annoyed and go after him
I'm convinced that in the next ten years this will become
the usual thing.»
Lets hope that mourinho does
his usual thing of spending loads of money on players, plays boring footbal and leaves mid season under a cloud.
As reported by Metro, the Frenchman was open and honest about his need to trim the squad as well, admitting that it was too big right now but also doing
his usual thing of saying that it was full of quality so it would need players of a certain very high calibre to improve it.
He did not do
his usual thing and score, but he did play well and make a very poor looking Germany side start to click after coming on at half time.
Justin Verlander starts off the bottom of the frame by getting Chris Taylor to make an out, which is not
a usual thing for him!
If we were doing
our usual thing of plodding around nicely in fourth, then nothing would have changed.
If AW naively do
his usual things without any adjustment, then we'll see another disappointing result against those team.
Did
his usual thing: got goals, got injured, returned slowly then ripped defenders apart.
I think when he does make a statement he will point out all the things we expect him to, and say all
the usual things.
His career kicked off when he moved to Bastia in France as a teenager, playing a number of games with their first team before Arsene Wenger did
his usual thing and plucked Song — the nephew of flamboyant ex-Liverpool defender Rigobert — from obscurity.
Then Theo did
his usual thing by running past everyone to find RVP in the middle to go up 3 - 0 in the TENTH minute.
As such, I'm going to refrain from doing
my usual thing of trying to predict it.