common or garden variety
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common or garden — adjective the usual or familiar type it is a common or garden sparrow • Similar to: ↑familiar • Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great … Useful english dictionary
garden variety — adjective Ordinary, common, or unexceptional. I can usually recover from a garden variety cold with rest and fluids. Syn: bog standard, everyday, normal, plain vanilla, standard issue, common or garden, common or ga … Wiktionary
common-or-garden — common or garˈden adjective Ordinary • • • Main Entry: ↑common * * * common or garden UK US adjective british informal very ordinary A good chef can turn common or garden foods into something special. Thesaurus: ordinary and normal … Useful english dictionary
Garden Variety — may refer to:*Garden variety denotes something as ordinary or standard, particularly plants which are common (rather than hybrid).Sometimes hyphenated: garden variety *Garden Variety (band), a 1990s U.S. rock band … Wikipedia
garden-variety — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective : garden III 2b * * * adj, always used before a noun US : not unusual : ordinary or common He doesn t have the flu–just a garden variety cold. The movie is a garden variety thriller. * * * ˈgarden variety f7… … Useful english dictionary
common-or-garden — also common, garden ADJ: ADJ n You can use common or garden to describe something you think is ordinary and not special in any way. [mainly BRIT] These crumbs were grated on a common or garden cheese grater. (in AM, use garden variety) … English dictionary
garden-variety — ADJ: usu ADJ n You can use garden variety to describe something you think is ordinary and not special in any way. [mainly AM] The experiment itself is garden variety science. (in BRIT, usually use common or garden) … English dictionary
common or garden — adj. Common or garden is used with these nouns: ↑variety … Collocations dictionary
garden variety — Synonyms and related words: Attic, average, averageness, bourgeois, chaste, classic, classical, common, commonness, commonplace, commonplaceness, conventional, conventionality, everyday, garden, homely, homespun, household, matter of fact, middle … Moby Thesaurus
garden-variety — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. common, regular, ordinary. See conformity. Ant., extraordinary. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Being of no special quality or type: average, common, commonplace, cut and dried, formulaic,… … English dictionary for students
