(as) common as dirt

Lacking in manners or refinement. I can't believe he just put his elbows on the dinner table like that. Why, he must be as common as dirt! Everyone thinks I'm common as dirt just because of the way I talk.

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(as) cold as a well digger's feet (in January)
(as) cold as a witch's caress
(as) cold as a witch's teat
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(as) cold as any stone
(as) cold as charity
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(as) crooked as a dog's hind leg
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(as) cross as a bear with a sore head
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(as) busy as a one-armed paperhanger (with an itch)
(as) busy as a peddler
(as) busy as Grand Central Station
(as) busy as popcorn on a skillet
(as) certain as death and taxes
(as) cheap as chips
(as) clean as a hound's tooth
(as) clean as a new pin
(as) clean as a whistle
(as) clear as a bell
(as) clear as anything
(as) clear as crystal
(as) clear as day
(as) clear as mud
(as) clear as the sky is blue
(as) clear as vodka
(as) clever as a wagonload of monkeys
(as) close as two coats of paint
(as) cocky as the king of spades
(as) cold as a well digger's ass (in January)
(as) cold as a well digger's feet (in January)
(as) cold as a witch's caress
(as) cold as a witch's teat
(as) cold as a witch's tit
(as) cold as any stone
(as) cold as charity
(as) cold as ice
(as) cold as marble
(as) comfortable as an old shoe
(as) common as an old shoe
(as) common as dirt
(as) conceited as a barber's cat
(as) cool as a cucumber
(as) crafty as a fox
(as) crazy as a bedbug
(as) crazy as a peach-orchard boar
(as) crooked as a barrel of fish hooks
(as) crooked as a dog's hind leg
(as) crooked as a fish hook
(as) cross as a bear
(as) cross as a bear with a sore head
(as) cunning as a fox
(as) cute as a bug's ear
(as) cute as a button
(as) daft as a brush
(as) dead as a dodo
(as) dead as a doornail
(as) dead as a herring
(as) dead as mutton
(as) deaf as a post
(as) different as chalk and cheese
(as) different as night and day
(as) dry as a bone
(as) dry as dust
(as) dull as dishwater
(as) dull as ditchwater
(as) dumb as a post
(as) easy as ABC
(as) easy as anything
(as) easy as apple pie
(as) easy as duck soup
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