Moby Thesaurus. Grady Ward. 1996.
fair to middling — adjective HUMOROUS not bad but not very good … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
fair to middling — adjective about average; acceptable more than adequate as a secretary • Syn: ↑adequate, ↑passable, ↑tolerable • Similar to: ↑satisfactory • Derivationally related forms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
fair to middling — moderately good, about average, so so How s the barley crop this year? Oh, fair to middling. Could use a good rain … English idioms
fair to middling — informal neither very good nor very bad. What s your French like? Oh, fair to middling … New idioms dictionary
fair-to-middling — slightly above average she manages to capitalize on some fair to middling material … Useful english dictionary
From fair to middling — Fair Fair (f[^a]r), a. [Compar. {Fairer}; superl. {Fairest}.] [OE. fair, fayer, fager, AS. f[ae]ger; akin to OS. & OHG. fagar, Icel. fagr, Sw. fager, Dan. faver, Goth. fagrs fit, also to E. fay, G. f[ u]gen, to fit. fegen to sweep, cleanse, and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fair to middling — adjective only tolerably good … Wiktionary
fair to middling — idi inf only tolerably good; so so … From formal English to slang
Dream of Fair to Middling Women — … Wikipedia
Fair — (f[^a]r), a. [Compar. {Fairer}; superl. {Fairest}.] [OE. fair, fayer, fager, AS. f[ae]ger; akin to OS. & OHG. fagar, Icel. fagr, Sw. fager, Dan. faver, Goth. fagrs fit, also to E. fay, G. f[ u]gen, to fit. fegen to sweep, cleanse, and prob. also… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
