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Feld-Wald-und-Wiesen- (in compound nouns)
Wald-und-Wiesen- (in compound nouns)
   (common) garden variety…, run-of-the-mill...

Das ist eine schnulzige Feld-Wald-und-Wiesen-Illustration, die auf Hunderte von Künstlern des 20. Jahrhunderts zurückgehen könnte.
That is a schmaltzy garden-variety illustration that could have come from hundreds of 20th century artists.
Die Tochter eines Wald-und-Wiesen-Anwalts hat ihn in der Impro-Comedy zur Kunstform perfektioniert.
The daughter of a run-of-the-mill lawyer has perfected him into an art form in her improve comedy.
Wir sind gespannt, ob die Geschichte wirklich überzeugen kann. Bisher wirkt alles wie Wald-und-Wiesen-Fantasy.
We are dying to know if the story can really be convincing. So far it all seems like run-of-the-mill fantasy.
Über Stock und Stein, durch Wald und Wiesen: 66 Radler strampelten beim Sechs-Stunden-Mountainbike-Rennen in Sonderbuch für einen guten Zweck.
Over hedge and ditch, over hill and dale: 66 cyclists pedaled away in the six-hour mountainbike race in Sonderbach for a good cause.

Related:
ein Wald-und-Wiesen-Politiker a garden-variety politician
durch Wald und Feld/Flur through woods and meadows/fields, across the countryside, over hill and dale
durch Wald und Wiesen through woods and meadows/fields, across the countryside, over hill and dale
gewöhnlich common, usual

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