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Idiom: Mickey Mouse

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The adjective sense developed during the Second World War, after a large quantity of low-quality counterfeit Mickey Mouse watches flooded the UK.

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The most famous Disney cartoon character, an anthropomorphic mouse with a falsetto voice and a cheerful disposition.

Of inferior quality, poorly-run; too easy to be taken seriously, trivial.

Mickey Mouse

Example Sentences

1
His job is so easy, it's like a Mickey Mouse job.
2
The class was so simple, it was like a Mickey Mouse class.
3
Don't waste your time on Mickey Mouse tasks.
4
We need to stop doing all these Mickey Mouse projects.
5
She thought the assignment was Mickey Mouse and didn't put much effort into it.

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