Feld-Wald-und-Wiesen-

• Feld-, Wald- und Wiesen-

From Feld (“field”), Wald (“forest”), and Wiese (“meadow”), that is, the habitat of most indigenous animals and plants. Thereby, a Feld-Wald-und-Wiesen-Fuchs is a common European fox, in contrast to e.g. a Wüstenfuchs (“fennec”). Later used jokingly in reference to matters other than biological species. Compare English garden variety, common-or-garden. Compare also the semantically different but formally similar Dutch huis-tuin-en-keuken-.

Feld-Wald-und-Wiesen-

1. (colloquial, idiomatic) common-or-garden; everyday, ordinary

   Das kannst du mit deiner Feld-Wald-und-Wiesen-Säge nicht machen. Da brauchst du ein Spezialgerät.

   You can't get this done with your everyday saw. You'll need a special machine.

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