なんだかんだ

何だ彼だ
something or other

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なんだかんだ【何だかんだ】

one thing or another; this or that; this and that and the other.

●何だかんだで金がいる. I need money for this and that.

●何だかんだと忙しい. I am busy with one thing and another.

・何だかんだ(と)言って 〔偽りの口実で〕 on one [some] pretext or another; 〔いろいろな理由で〕 for one [some] reason or another

・何だかんだ(と)言っている間にもう着いてしまった. As we were talking about this and that, we found ourselves arriving at our destination.

・彼は何だかんだ(と)言い訳ばかりしていて一向に着手してくれない. He's always making excuses and never gets around to working.

・このところ何だかんだ(と)物入りが続いて懐が苦しい. With all these expenses, I'm strapped for cash these days.

・何だかんだ言っても彼女は夫を愛してるんだよ. Whatever [In spite of everything, Regardless of what] she says, she loves her husband.