not your average run of the mill!

crisgal | 10:09 Fri 27th Jun 2008 | Phrases & Sayings

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A "run" in this sense is "everything a manufacturing process produces". It's also used in phrases like "run of the mine". It means total output regardless of quality , shape or size. So to ask for or buy "the run of the mill" means you're happy to take everything they've got, good, bad or indifferent - you'll find a use for it. So to describe someone or something as "run of the mill" means average/ not special.

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