COMMON AS AN OLD SHOE

Meaning of COMMON AS AN OLD SHOE in English

adj. phr. , informal Not showing off; not vain; modest; friendly to all. Although Mr. Jones ran a large business, he was common as an old shoe. The most famous people are sometimes as common as an old shoe.

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COMMON AS AN OLD SHOE — {adj. phr.}, {informal} Not showing off; not vain; modest; friendly to all. * /Although Mr. Jones ran a large business, …
Slang English vocab
COMMON AS AN OLD SHOE — {adj. phr.}, {informal} Not showing off; not vain; modest; friendly to all. * /Although Mr. Jones ran a large business, …
Словарь английских идиом
AN
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AN — [an] 1. interr part -; an ille habe le libro? has he the book?; 2. conj whether -an suffixo adjective …
Interlingua English vocab
OLD — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Old English script Old Ironsides Haakon the Old James Edward the Old Pretender Old …
Английский словарь Британика
COMMON — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Common Business Oriented Language. common gallinule common mica Book of Common Prayer cold common …
Английский словарь Британика
SHOE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OLD — I. ˈōld, before a consonant often ˈōl adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English ald, old, from Old English eald, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COMMON — I. ˈkämən adjective ( often -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English commun, comon, from Old French commun, comun, from Latin communis …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AS — I. əz, (ˈ)az adverb Etymology: Middle English as, alse, alswa, adverb & conjunction, from Old English alswā, ealswā, ælswā just …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AN — I. _ən, after some consonants often ə n, esp emphatic or hesitating or after a pause (|)an; see usage note …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
-AN
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AN — () This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of …
Английский словарь Webster
AN — This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SHOE — — shoeless , adj. /shooh/ , n. , pl. shoes , ( esp. Brit. Dial. ) shoon; v. , shod …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OLD — — oldness , n. /ohld/ , adj., older, oldest or elder, eldest , n. adj. 1. far advanced in the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COMMON — — commonness , n. /kom"euhn/ , adj., commoner, commonest , n. adj. 1. belonging equally to, or shared alike by, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AS — as 1 /az/ ; unstressed /euhz/ , adv. 1. to the same degree, amount, or extent; similarly; equally: I don't …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AN — an 1 /euhn/ ; when stressed /an/ , indefinite article. the form of a before an initial vowel sound ( …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OLD — I. ˈōld; for sense 9 usually ˈōl adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English eald; akin to Old High German …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COMMON — I. ˈkä-mən adjective Etymology: Middle English commun, from Anglo-French, from Latin communis — more at mean Date: 13th century 1. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AN — I. ən, (ˈ)an indefinite article Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ān one — more at one Date: before 12th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
-AN
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHOE
Webster English vocab
OLD
Webster English vocab
COMMON — v profane; polluted. 2. common ·noun the people; the community. 3. common ·vi to participate. 4. common ·v given to …
Webster English vocab
AN — conj if; a word used by old english authors. 2. an ·- this word is properly an adjective, but …
Webster English vocab
SHOE — [shoe] n [ME shoo, fr. OE scoh; akin to OHG scuoh shoe] (bef. 12c) 1 a: an outer covering for …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OLD — [old] adj [ME, fr. OE eald; akin to OHG alt old, L alere to nourish, alescere to grow, altus high, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
COMMON — [com.mon] adj [ME commun, fr. OF, fr. L communis--more at mean] (13c) 1 a: of or relating to a community …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
-AN
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OLD — old BrE AmE əʊld ⇨ɒʊld AmE oʊld ▷ older ˈəʊld ə ⇨ˈɒʊld- AmE ˈoʊld ə r ▷ oldest ˈəʊld ɪst …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
COMMON — common BrE AmE ˈkɒm ən AmE ˈkɑːm- ▷ common|er ə AmE ə r ▷ common|est ɪst əst ▷ common|ly li …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SHOE — / ʃuː; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. one of a pair of outer coverings for your feet, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OLD — / əʊld; NAmE oʊld/ adjective ( old·er , old·est ) AGE 1. be ... years, months, etc. ~ of a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COMMON — / ˈkɒmən; NAmE ˈkɑːmən/ adjective , noun ■ adjective ( com·mon·er , com·mon·est ) HELP NOTE : more common and …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AS — / əz; NAmE ; strong form æz/ preposition , adverb , conjunction ■ preposition 1. used to describe sb/sth appearing …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHOE — I. shoe 1 S1 W3 /ʃuː/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: scoh ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OLD
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
COMMON — I. com ‧ mon 1 S1 W1 /ˈkɒmən $ ˈkɑː-/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AS — I. as 1 S1 W1 /əz; strong æz/ BrE AmE preposition , adverb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: eallswa …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AN — I. a S1 W1 /ə; strong eɪ/ BrE AmE ( also an ) indefinite article , determiner 1 . used …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SHOE — n. & v. --n. 1 either of a pair of protective foot-coverings of leather, plastic, etc., having a sturdy sole …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OLD — adj. (older, oldest) (cf. ELDER, ELDEST). 1 a advanced in age; far on in the natural period of existence. b …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
COMMON
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AS — adv., conj., & pron. --adv. & conj. (adv. as antecedent in main sentence; conj. in relative clause expressed or implied) …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AN — adj. the form of the indefinite article (see A(1)) used before words beginning with a vowel sound (an egg; an …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SHOE — n. & v. n. 1 either of a pair of protective foot-coverings of leather, plastic, etc., having a sturdy sole …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OLD — adj. (older, oldest) (cf. ELDER, ELDEST). 1 a advanced in age; far on in the natural period of existence. b …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
COMMON
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AS — adv., conj., & pron. adv. & conj. (adv. as antecedent in main sentence; conj. in relative clause expressed or implied) …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AN — adj. the form of the indefinite article (see A(1)) used before words beginning with a vowel sound (an egg; an …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SHOE — n. & v. --n. 1. either of a pair of protective foot-coverings of leather, plastic, etc., having a sturdy sole …
Oxford English vocab
OLD — adj. (older, oldest) (cf. ELDER, ELDEST). 1. a advanced in age; far on in the natural period of existence. b …
Oxford English vocab
COMMON
Oxford English vocab
AS — 1. adv., conj., & pron. --adv. & conj. (adv. as antecedent in main sentence; conj. in relative clause expressed or …
Oxford English vocab
AS — I. CONJUNCTION AND PREPOSITION USES /əz, STRONG æz/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OLD — ( older, oldest) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Someone who is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COMMON — ( commoner, commonest, commons) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If something …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHOE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a car/textile/shoe etc factory ▪ There is a large car factory where many of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OLD
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
COMMON — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a common aim (= an aim that people, countries etc share ) ▪ We …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AS
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OLD — (FROM THE PAST) [adjective] [before noun] -er, -est - from a period in the past; former (EARLIER)I saw my old …
Cambridge English vocab

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