´house-and-garden ´ rules - any idea what it means?

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´house-and-garden ´ rules - any idea what it means?

katpak

´house-and-garden ´ rules - any idea what it means?

Looking for a good explanation of compound that functions as an adjective ´house-and-garden ´.

As in: These are common house-and-garden rules. (The text talks about Geneva Conventions so nothing to do with a garden;))

5 Sep 2010

franknbea

Hi Katpak,

idiomatic expression for standard or common rules.

6 Sep 2010

almaz

Katpak,

There ´s also an expression, ´common-or-garden ´ which means familiar, usual, nothing special.

6 Sep 2010

katpak

thank u all:)

6 Sep 2010