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Rpsh Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
run-of-the-mill
I know this phrase means “not special in any way”.But how does it come out of this meaning?
I mean ,for example:“apple of discord”.This expression is comes from the Greek myth.Maybe "run-of-the-mill"is not a story,but I think it should have its original meaning .
I mean ,for example:“apple of discord”.This expression is comes from the Greek myth.Maybe "run-of-the-mill"is not a story,but I think it should have its original meaning .
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You can try to look it up online, in the idiom dictionaries. Here's my guess. Think of a factory (sometimes called a mill ) Assume it make pens.
- You can try to look it up online, in the idiom dictionaries.
- Here's my guess.
- Think of a factory (sometimes called a mill ) Assume it make pens.
- The period from when they start the machines to when they turn them off is called a run.
- In one run, they produce 3,000 pens, all ordinary and identical .
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You can try to look it up online, in the idiom dictionaries.
Here's my guess.
Think of a factory (sometimes called a mill) Assume it make pens.
The period from when they start the machines to when they turn them off is called a ru
Here's my guess.
Think of a factory (sometimes called a mill) Assume it make pens.
The period from when they start the machines to when they turn them off is called a ru
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