If you describe a situation or a group of things or people as amixed bag, you mean that it contains some good items, features, or people and some bad ones.
Research on athletes and ordinary human subjects has yielded a mixed bag of results. [+ of]
This autumn's collections are a very mixed bag.
mixed bag in British English
noun
informal
something composed of diverse elements, characteristics, people, etc
mixed bag in American English
US
an assortment or mixture, esp. of diverse elements, types of people, etc. brought together at random
Examples of 'mixed bag' in a sentence
mixed bag
The pharmaceutical sector was something of a mixed bag.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The budget offered a mixed bag for motorists.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
If you do venture out, the rest of the resort is a mixed bag.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
A mixed bag and lots of fun.
The Sun (2017)
I have had a mixed bag of success and failure, which is standard with this job.
The Sun (2016)
The Frenchman's stats are a mixed bag.
The Sun (2016)
People, it turns out, like a very mixed bag of jokes.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The results themselves were a mixed bag.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The other puddings were a mixed bag.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The fielding as a whole was a mixed bag.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Main courses were a more mixed bag.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
His usual bounce had gone and his scoring was a mixed bag of the good and the indifferent.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
What a mixed bag they are.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The ladies are a mixed bag.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The third-quarter figures were a mixed bag.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Nato's military planners meet this week to assess the mixed bag of offers.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Meanwhile postcode area SW10 is a mixed bag.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
January is a mixed bag, as far as months go.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It's been such a mixed bag.
The Sun (2010)
But the outlook for most of September looks like another mixed bag of weather.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
THIS week is something of a mixed bag in terms of a theme.
The Sun (2009)
He was relaxed and at home with the mixed bag of people who were there - a delight to be with.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Something of a mixed bag.
The Sun (2014)
It was a mixed bag.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Yesterday's appointments to the Lords were a mixed bag.