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garden variety

idiom

Ordinary, common, or unexceptional.


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  1. 01

    common or garden variety

    An ordinary, standard kind.

  2. 02

    everything in the garden is rosy

    Things are going well; everything is fine.

  3. 03

    lady garden

    A woman's pubic hair, and the area around it.

  4. 04

    lead someone up the garden path

    To deceive, hoodwink, mislead, or seduce someone.

  5. 05

    make garden

    To plant or maintain a garden, especially a vegetable garden.

  6. 06

    rose garden

    A highly desirable situation.

  7. 07

    skunk at a garden party

    Within a group, someone who is unwelcome and actively avoided.

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