just as the next girl
- idiom
- Informal
:
igual que cualquier otra
- I can cook just as the next girl can.
Examples
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She loves fashion just as the next girl does.
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She enjoys traveling just as the next girl does, whenever she gets the chance.
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I love chocolate just as the next girl, but I try to eat it in moderation.
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I'm nervous about public speaking just as the next girl, but I know it's important.
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I love chocolate just as the next girl, but I try to eat it in moderation.
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I'm nervous about public speaking just as the next girl, but I know it's important.
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She enjoys traveling just as the next girl does, whenever she gets the chance.
Synonyms
2
5.6
Like most people do
To say that someone feels like most other people
Antonyms
How Typical
Surface Forms
Morphology
The components 'just as' (expressing equality) combined with 'the next girl' allow a reasonably direct inference of 'as well as any other woman,' so a learner who knows the words can grasp the basic comparative meaning. However, 'the next girl' is used idiomatically to mean 'any other/typical woman' rather than a literal next-in-line person, and that pragmatic nuance and conventional usage may not be fully predictable, so it is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Just as the next girl gives a simple image: imagine you are standing next to another woman and you feel the same as the next girl beside you. So it means 'like any other woman' or 'having the same feelings or wants as most people'.