common as muck en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(not-comparable, qualifier:simile) Very common (in various senses).
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?
2011, David McWilliams, The Pope's Children, page 52:
Synonyms
par for the course · routine · plain · regular · quotidian · two a penny · common as pig tracks · frequent · usual · common · pedestrian · general · common as bums · workaday · common as muck · common as bums · common as dirt · dime a dozen · everyday · average · routinary · habitual · basic · nonrare · bog-standard · ten a penny · common as pig tracks