garden variety | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Ordinary,common, orunexceptional.Synonyms:common-or-garden,common or garden variety,normal,plain,regular,standard;see alsoThesaurus:commonAntonyms:abnormal,exotic,extraordinary,special,specialized,uncommonI can usually recover from agarden varietycold with rest and fluids.2025August 11, Hurubie Meko, quoting Paul A. Engelmayer, “Judge Will Not Unseal Grand Jury Papers of Maxwell, Epstein’s Companion”, inThe New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.:The New York Times Company,→ISSN,→OCLC:“Contrary to the government’s depiction, the Maxwell grand jury testimony is not a matter of significant historical or public interest,” Judge Engelmayer wrote. “Far from it. It consists ofgarden-varietysummary testimony by two law enforcement agents.”(Can wearchivethisURL?)

Examples:

EN: The glamour girl, or just the plain, ordinary garden variety?
ES: ¿La belleza o la común y corriente?
EN: He is just a common or garden variety of pickpocket.
ES: Se trata simplemente de un vulgar carterista.
EN: And found myself confronting a guttersnipe, in a garden variety crime.
ES: Y me encuentro en presencia de un maleante, un criminal vulgar y corriente.
EN: You're still a common, garden variety tramp.
ES: Sigues siendo una golfa corriente y vulgar.
EN: Good old everyday garden variety seawater.
ES: OCÉANO ATLÁNTICO Agua de mar común y corriente.
EN: We are talking about a man who commits a crime... not the garden variety of barroom brawl, but an elaborate intellectual project
ES: Estamos hablando de un hombre que comete un crimen no del tipo corriente de disputa de bar sino un proyecto intelectual elaborado.
EN: And the common or garden variety.
ES: Y la variedad común o de jardín.
EN: HOCKENBURY: Fontaine... Hell, just your average, ordinary, garden variety kind of psychopath.
ES: Fontaine es sólo la variedad de jardín del psicópata corriente.
EN: The garden variety.
ES: De la variedad de jardín.
EN: Looks like the regular garden variety to me.
ES: A mí me parece común y corriente.
EN: No, I'm afraid I'm just a regular, garden variety, old fart.
ES: No, me temo que soy un viejo ordinario.
EN: Well, maybe it was just your garden variety hang up, but it's probably a good idea.
ES: Quizá no fue nada en especial pero seguramente es buena idea.
EN: But that's mostly enforceable... for your garden variety Latino stick-up men... which you boys don't appear to be.
ES: Pero eso es más bien para los asaltantes de aspecto hispano y eso que Uds. No tienen.
EN: Just the garden variety.
ES: Sólo la variedad del jardín.
EN: Well, unless this guy's 30 feet tall, I'm thinking they're of the garden variety.
ES: - Bueno, a menos que este tipo mida 10 mts de alto, creo que son una variedad de jardín.

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