Idiom
average bear
Meaning
The norm; an average person; Used in comparisons
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He is not your average bear when it comes to math.”
“She is not your average bear, as she speaks five languages and plays three instruments.”
“While most candidates offered standard solutions, he proved he was not your average bear by proposing a radical, innovative strategy.”
Examples
simple
“He is not your average bear when it comes to math.”
contextual
“She is not your average bear, as she speaks five languages and plays three instruments.”
complex
“While most candidates offered standard solutions, he proved he was not your average bear by proposing a radical, innovative strategy.”
Origin
After the cartoon character Yogi Bear, said to be "smarter than the average bear".
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