单词 | run-of-the-mill |
释义 | run-of-the-mill[ ruhn-uhv-thuh-mil ] / ˈrʌn əv ðəˈmɪl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR run-of-the-mill ON THESAURUS.COM adjectivemerely average; commonplace; mediocre: just a plain, run-of-the-mill house; a run-of-the-mill performance. Origin of run-of-the-millFirst recorded in 1925–30 SYNONYMS FOR run-of-the-millordinary, routine, everyday. SEE SYNONYMS FOR run-of-the-mill ON THESAURUS.COM Words nearby run-of-the-millrun off at the mouth, runoff primary, run off with, run of luck, run-of-paper, run-of-the-mill, run-of-the-mine, run-on, run one ragged, run one's eyes over, run one's head against the wall Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for run-of-the-millBritish Dictionary definitions for run-of-the-millrun-of-the-mill adjectiveordinary, average, or undistinguished in quality, character, or nature; not special or excellent Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with run-of-the-millrun of the mill Ordinary, average, as in There's nothing special about these singers—they're just run of the mill. This expression alludes to fabrics coming directly from a mill without having been sorted or inspected for quality. It has survived such similar phrases as run of the mine and run of the kiln, for the products of mines and kilns. [Late 1800s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Cultural definitions for run-of-the-millrun of the mill Common, ordinary, average: “His performance in the game was neither exemplary nor disastrous; it was simply run of the mill.” The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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