run-of-the-mill

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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run-of-the-mill
often disapproving : average or ordinary

  • a run-of-the-mill performance

dictionary.reverso.net/english-c … f-the-mill
I was just a very [color=red]average run-of-the-mill kind of student…

“Run-of-the-mill” means “average or ordinary,” so isn’t [color=red]average redundant?

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Hi Tofu,

I suppose it’s not absolutely necessary but if you want to stress the ordinariness, what’s wrong with it?

Alan

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I would find that redundant, too. But redundancy is common.

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Thank you, Mordant and Alan.

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I don’t like the word ‘redundancy’. If it’s common, it suggests it’s used a lot. Let’s keep using it! Don’t let’s put our learners off from using the living language.

Alan

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Too much protesting, I fear!

Alan