common or garden variety
An ordinary, standard kind.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“This is just a common or garden variety cold.”
“Do not expect anything special, as this is just a common or garden variety office chair.”
“The detective realized the crime was not a complex conspiracy, but rather a common or garden variety theft.”
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common ground
A characteristic or interest shared by multiple people or systems; any belief, etc. held in common.
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common purse
A shared or community fund.
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common run
Ordinary persons, things, or events.
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common touch
The personal quality of showing understanding of and sympathy for the concerns of ordinary people; rapport with and acceptance by ordinary people, usually in a celebrity or leader.
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everything in the garden is rosy
Things are going well; everything is fine.
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garden variety
Ordinary, common, or unexceptional.
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lady garden
A woman's pubic hair, and the area around it.
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lead someone up the garden path
To deceive, hoodwink, mislead, or seduce someone.
Last updated August 10, 2026