garden variety
Ordinary, common, or unexceptional.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“It was just a garden variety cold, nothing serious.”
“The thief wasn't a mastermind — just a garden variety criminal who left fingerprints everywhere.”
“Beneath the museum's celebrated masterpieces hung a row of garden variety portraits, dutifully commissioned by merchants long forgotten.”
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common or garden variety
An ordinary, standard kind.
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everything in the garden is rosy
Things are going well; everything is fine.
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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.
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make garden
To plant or maintain a garden, especially a vegetable garden.
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rose garden
A highly desirable situation.
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skunk at a garden party
Within a group, someone who is unwelcome and actively avoided.
Last updated August 10, 2026