something like that
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2.0
- idiom
:
algo así
- Why would you say something like that?
- say something like that
You can't hear it, but it goes something like that, I think.
- You can't hear it, but it goes something like that, I think.
- I couldn't fathom posting something like that on the Internet now.
- Now we should do something like that for New Jersey.
- Well, we're going to have something like that going on here.
- Yeah, I I guess something like that could have, could have happened.
- How a man to do something like that beyond me.
- So a wire basket, a burlap sack, something like that, a mesh bag.
- I mean, if we ever discover something like that, we'll tell you.
- Look, obviously nobody hopes that something like that ever happens, right?
- So if ever there was a cause for exploring something like that, that's it, right?
- You caught branzino, something like that tuna snapper.
- The victim looks at something like that torture and says I am broken.
Examples
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"I think it's to do with Pretty Polly... something like that," Ria explained.
Fiction book (1999) -
You know, I really wish we could have something like that at our party.
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And, you know, I would love to have something like that happen, but we'll see.
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And this, my friends, is what something like that might look like.
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You ever thought about doing something like that?
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You can get hurt doing something like that.
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So I would recommend something like that for before bed.
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Now we should do something like that for New Jersey.
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Something like that doesn't come every day.
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Have you ever seen something like that before, like a giant cake?
Synonyms
∞
3.5
Close in type or number to something mentioned
21
5.0
Having the same meaning as what was said
11
3.5
Things or people similar to those just mentioned
8
1.4
To talk about other similar things without naming them
8
5.7
Other things like the ones mentioned
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7.0
Like the other things just mentioned
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7.9
Other similar things you could mention
To talk about things already mentioned when the details are not important
How Specific
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'something' (an unspecified thing) + 'like' (similar to) + 'that' (the thing just mentioned) yields the intended sense of 'things similar to that'. This straightforward similarity construction is cross-linguistically common and follows basic grammar, so a B1 learner who knows the parts will readily understand it.
Etymology
The phrase something like that comes from the simple act of pointing at one example and saying something, like, that to show other things that look similar. So it now means 'things that are similar' or 'not exact'.