(as) common as an old shoe
(as) common as an old shoe
Lacking in manners or refinement. I can't believe he just put his elbows on the dinner table—why, he must be as common as an old shoe!
See also: common, old, shoe
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
*common as an old shoe
and *common as dirtlow class; uncouth. (*Also: as ~.) That ill-mannered girl is just as common as an old shoe. Despite Mamie's efforts to appear to be upper class, most folks considered her common as dirt.
See also: common, old, shoe
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- common as an old shoe
- common
- common thread
- thread
- the common touch
- common touch, the
- in the Common Era
- as common as muck
- common as muck
- common decency