pick and mix

noun

1. a selection of sweets from which the customer can choose, paid for by weight

adjective

1. allowing the user to choose items or ideas and combine them as he or she wishes

   a pick-and-mix selection of fabric and wallpapers

Example Sentences

Lots of Wilko's stock in its shops consisted of its own-brand products when it was operating, with shoppers lamenting the loss of its pick and mix sweets and household goods on offer earlier in the year.

From BBC

The past year had been a pick and mix of emotion for the entire world, and I was definitely grabbing with everyone else.

From New York Times

Competitors are eyeing that growth too, however, as SAP makes its platform more open to companies that may prefer to pick and mix enterprise applications from a range of vendors and look to “hyperscale” cloud providers like Google or Amazon Web Services to run analytics.

From Reuters

It’s pick and mix,” said an insider.

From The Guardian

The goods taken out of their packaging have included cut flowers, fruit and vegetables, beer, lentils, couscous and seeds, as well as a "pick and mix" for frozen fruit.

From BBC