Definition of be run-of-the-mill

run-of-the-mill

adjective

• ordinary.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
  
  Citation from "100 A.D.", American Dad (TV), Season 6 Episode 1 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Jul 25 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 31 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'mill':
diploma mill	Definitions include: a college or university where the coursework isn't extensive enough, in the speaker's opinion.
gin mill	Definitions include: a bar.
go through the mill	Definitions include: to suffer a great ordeal.
I wouldn't have that up my *ss if I had room for a saw mill.	Definitions include: a term used when observing something (an object, usually) that is completely objectionable or worthless.
Other terms relating to 'of':
abbreviated piece of nothing	Definitions include: a worthless person.
a bit of how's your father	Definitions include: sexual activity.
about the size of it	Definitions include: a good estimate.
a couple beers short of a six-pack	Definitions include: a little crazy
a few cans short of a six pack	Definitions include: of lower than average intelligence.
a few fries short of a happy meal	Definitions include: "not all there".
afraid of (one's) shadow	Definitions include: skittish.
a grain of *ssault	Definitions include: an amount of violence.
ahead of the curve	Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
a hell of a	Definitions include: an impressive.
a hell of an	Definitions include: an impressive.
all kinds of	Definitions include: many.
all of my yes	Definitions include: an emphatic "yes".
all that and a bag of chips	Definitions include: better than all that.
all that and a bag of Fritos	Definitions include: the best.
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Other terms relating to 'run':
beer run	Definitions include: shoplifting beer by grab and run tactics.
crazier than a run-over dog	Definitions include: very crazy.
cut and run	Definitions include: to separate one's self from something, and then run away.
dry run	Definitions include: a practice attempt, without performing the actual action.
E and R	Definitions include: An acronym for eat and run.
eat and run	Definitions include: To eat a meal at a restaurant and leave without paying.
f*ck me running	Definitions include: To express extreme exasperation, shock, or dismay.
Give you a running fit	Definitions include: This definition is questionable and is pending deletion.
hit a home run	Definitions include: see home run.
home run	Definitions include: In the "sexual contact as baseball achievement" metaphor, means sexual intercourse.
long run, the	Definitions include: the future.
run	Definitions include: to leave or go.
run a batch	Definitions include: male masturbation
run amuk	Definitions include: to operate in a way that is most displeasing to the reasonable person's point of view.
run around	Definitions include: to cheat on one's significant other.
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Other terms relating to 'the':
101 scoop, the	Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone.
2-10, the	Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving.
3rd degree, the	Definitions include: interrogation.
3 sheets to the wind	Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
411, the	Definitions include: information.
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
about the size of it	Definitions include: a good estimate.
ace in the hole	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
across the board	Definitions include: inclusive.
add fuel to the fire	Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
against the clock	Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing.
ahead of the curve	Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
aim Archie at the adamant	Definitions include: of a male, to urinate.
ain't no fun when the rabbit got the gun	Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them
a little on the side	Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.
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