common or garden variety

common or garden variety
An ordinary, standard kind.

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  • 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

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