as the next person
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5.6
- idiom
:
como cualquier otra persona
- I have never bred a litter, so I consider myself to be as responsible a dog owner as the next person.
- just as the next person
- much as the next person
Now, I like Rocket as much as the next person, but that's not the kind of nutrient rich food that we really, really need to be growing more of.
- Now, I like Rocket as much as the next person, but that's not the kind of nutrient rich food that we really, really need to be growing more of.
Examples
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I enjoy live theater as much as the next person and was proud to see my son perform recently in his school's production of West Side Story.
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She enjoyed nature as much as the next person, but you could carry it too far, she felt.
Fiction book (1995) -
Twitter can read the internet and the developer scene as well as the next person.
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Don't get me wrong, I want to find truth as much as the next person.
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I also recognize that thrift stores let me participate in consumerism just as much as the next person.
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I am as much a dog or pet lover as the next person, but I'm appalled to see a dog in the obituaries with people.
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Every CEO, MD, and Director is as fallible as the next person, but we have to do our best to remain positive even in the bleakest of times.
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I like fairytale endings as much as the next person, but I'd like to believe finding Prince Charming isn't a prerequisite to happiness.
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I enjoy watching a good soccer match as much as the next person, but the MLS isn't going to win going up against the MLB, NFL, NHL, and NBA all at the same time.
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I enjoy going to the movies as the next person.
Synonyms
To say that someone feels like most other people
Say that you feel or want something like most other women
Antonyms
How Typical
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase literally combines 'as' with 'the next person' to mean 'like other people', so a learner who knows the constituent words can generally infer it expresses being like or to the same degree as others. However, this is a conventional comparative idiom (often appearing as 'as much as the next person') with a fixed pragmatic usage, so the exact comparative nuance is not fully predictable without exposure.
Etymology
The expression as the next person may come from imagining the next person, someone ordinary and like you. Saying you do something as the next person means you do it as much as most people do, so it now means 'to the degree that most people do'.