the common run of...

the common run of...
заурядный, обыкновенный, обычный; см. тж. out of the common run

She was not like the common run of store-girls. (Th. Dreiser, ‘Sister Carrie’, ch. VII) — Она не была похожа на обычных продавщиц.

And after all it is with the common run of men that we writers have to deal; kings, dictators, commercial magnates are from our point of view very unsatisfactory. (W. S. Maugham, ‘The Summing Up’, ch. 2) — И в конце концов, нам, писателям, приходится иметь дело с обыкновенными людьми; короли, диктаторы, промышленные магнаты, с нашей точки зрения, мало чем нас могут порадовать.

‘Son,’ he said, ‘always be a good Stroup as long as you live. There's no finer family in the whole world than us Stroups, and we don't want nothing to happen that would make folks think we are a common run of humans like everybody else.’ (E. Caldwell, ‘Georgia Boy’, ch. XIII) — - Сынок, - сказал дядя Нед, - будь настоящим Страупом до конца дней своих. Второй такой семьи во всем мире не сыщешь. Мы, Страупы, не допустим, чтобы нас ставили на одну доску со всякой прочей мелюзгой.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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  • The common run — Run Run, n. 1. The act of running; as, a long run; a good run; a quick run; to go on the run. [1913 Webster] 2. A small stream; a brook; a creek. [1913 Webster] 3. That which runs or flows in the course of a certain operation, or during a certain …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • out of the common run — index eccentric, prodigious (amazing) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • (the) common, general, ordinary, usual run (of something) — the common, general, ordinary, usual run (of sth) idiom the average type of sth • He was very different from the general run of movie stars. Main entry: ↑runidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • At the long run — Run Run, n. 1. The act of running; as, a long run; a good run; a quick run; to go on the run. [1913 Webster] 2. A small stream; a brook; a creek. [1913 Webster] 3. That which runs or flows in the course of a certain operation, or during a certain …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • In the long run — Run Run, n. 1. The act of running; as, a long run; a good run; a quick run; to go on the run. [1913 Webster] 2. A small stream; a brook; a creek. [1913 Webster] 3. That which runs or flows in the course of a certain operation, or during a certain …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • The Common clay —    Cleves Kinkead s manipulative tearjerker, produced by A. H. Woods, managed to run for 316 performances at the Republic Theatre, where it opened on 26 August 1915, after a run of 22 weeks in Boston. Jane Cowl played the housemaid, Ellen, who is …   The Historical Dictionary of the American Theater

  • Run — Run, n. 1. The act of running; as, a long run; a good run; a quick run; to go on the run. [1913 Webster] 2. A small stream; a brook; a creek. [1913 Webster] 3. That which runs or flows in the course of a certain operation, or during a certain… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • The run — Run Run, n. 1. The act of running; as, a long run; a good run; a quick run; to go on the run. [1913 Webster] 2. A small stream; a brook; a creek. [1913 Webster] 3. That which runs or flows in the course of a certain operation, or during a certain …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • The run of the mill — Run Run, n. 1. The act of running; as, a long run; a good run; a quick run; to go on the run. [1913 Webster] 2. A small stream; a brook; a creek. [1913 Webster] 3. That which runs or flows in the course of a certain operation, or during a certain …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Democracy and the Common Wealth — Democracy and the Common Wealth: Breaking the Stranglehold of the Special Interests   Author(s) Michael E. Arth …   Wikipedia

  • In the long run — Long Long, a. [Compar. {Longer}; superl. {Longest}.] [AS. long, lang; akin to OS, OFries., D., & G. lang, Icel. langr, Sw. l[*a]ng, Dan. lang, Goth. laggs, L. longus. [root]125. Cf. {Length}, {Ling} a fish, {Linger}, {Lunge}, {Purloin}.] 1. Drawn …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English


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