I was watching a movie the other day, and I saw this expression just like that in one of the scenes, the implied meaning was 'for no particular reason'.
The situation was something like this
Guy 1(says) : I am going to X place tomorrow.
Guy 2(asks) : Why?
Guy1 : Just like that.
Since it was some foreign movie with subtitles, so I am not sure if these expression are correct are not.
Is my interpretation of Just like that correct? or Does it have another meaning?
Best Answer
I think OP's specific context is a (very slightly) "abnormal" usage, where most native speakers would probably say "Just because" (i.e. - for no particular reason that I can articulate).
In other contexts, just like that is normally used to mean as quickly as that, or with no further deliberation. In such contexts, that references a short (or even, non-existent) antecedent discussion/preparation.
The British stand-up comic Tommy Cooper used "just like that" as a catch-phrase - usually as facetious wordplay (not like this, [just] like that!), after a bungled "sleight-of-hand" magic trick.