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  3. COMMON AS MUCK definition: lower-class | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples.

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  4. If you say that someone is as common as muck, you mean that they are lower-class and not sophisticated. Leary guessed correctly that his guests were as common as muck and planned the menu accordingly.

  5. Jul 23, 2004 · If the expression is applied to a woman, as it invariably is, it accompanies others like 'mutton dressed as lamb' and implies the woman in question is shamefully employed in attracting the opposite sex.

  6. Jun 2, 2024 · common as muck (not comparable) (simile) Very common (in various senses). 2011, David McWilliams, The Pope's Children, page 52: How many times have you heard a young mother roll her eyes up to heaven at the sound of another mum calling out the name of her child, only to realize that the name she picked is now common as muck?

  7. Yesterday, as they renovated the property, the couple described themselves as 'common as muck'. Adele is avowedly as common as muck, swears like a trooper and has a laugh that can cut concrete at 50 paces.

  8. Jun 20, 2020 · I'm asking this question simply because this meaning could not be found in Lexico or Collins. E.g. This particular device in this area is as common as muck. Not really: the phrase "common as muck" is derived from the BE use of "common" to mean vulgar or lacking in taste.

  9. Apr 28, 2003 · I have heard it said as "common as mud", such as in the sentence "brown-haired people are as common as mud", meaning they are everywhere and nothing special (although being a brunette, I disagree!, and "muck" and "mud" are the same thing: wet, messy and it sticks to you.

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