The restaurant we went to was nothing special—just run-of-themill.
•The service was good, but the food was run-of-themill or worse.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
run-of-the-mill — or[run of the mine] {adj.} Of a common kind; ordinary; usual. * /Frank is a very good bowler, but Joe is just run of the mill./ * /It was just a run of the mine movie./ … Dictionary of American idioms
run-of-the-mill — • run of the mill • run of the mine adj Of a common kind; ordinary; usual. Frank is a very good bowler, but Joe is just run of the mill. It was just a run of the mine movie … Словарь американских идиом
run-of-the-mill — /run euhv dheuh mil /, adj. merely average; commonplace; mediocre: just a plain, run of the mill house; a run of the mill performance. [1925 30] Syn. ordinary, routine, everyday. * * * … Universalium
run-of-the-mill — UK US /ˌrʌnəvðəˈmɪl/ adjective ► ordinary and not special or exciting in any way: »The event is not just a run of the mill conference … Financial and business terms
run-of-the-mill — adj not special or interesting in any way = ↑ordinary ▪ a run of the mill performance … Dictionary of contemporary English
run-of-the-mill — If something is run of the mill, there is nothing exceptional about it it is ordinary or average … The small dictionary of idiomes
run-of-the-mill — un of the mill, a. Ordinary; common; unexceptional. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
run-of-the-mill — unspectacular, 1909 in a literal sense, in reference to material yielded by a mill, etc., before sorting for quality. Figurative use is from 1922 … Etymology dictionary
run-of-the-mill — [run′əv thə mil′] adj. not special; ordinary; average … English World dictionary
run-of-the-mill — [adj] average common, commonplace, customary, dime a dozen, everyday, fair, fair to middling*, garden variety*, humdrum, intermediate, mainstream, mediocre, medium, middle of the road*, middling, ordinary, regular, routine, so so*,… … New thesaurus
