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Run Of The Mill In The Loop 614 Ordinary Usual Restaurant Serves Lots Dishes

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Idiom RUN-OF-THE-MILL
Definition ordinary or usual
Examples
  1. That restaurant serves lots of different dishes, but none is outstanding or very much better than in any other restaurant. It’s run-of-the-mill.
  2. Ricky was an average student who liked to play sports as much as the next boy. He was your run-of-the-mill student.
Extra Info

The expression run-of-the-mill originates from the idea of a product such as fabric, which was first mass-produced (the run) in a mill, enabling it to be uniform.

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