fair to middlin'



fair to middlin'

Rur. mediocre; not bad but not good. (Middling means 'of average quality.') Tom: How are you feeling today? Bill: Fair to middlin'. My sewing is excellent, but my cooking is only fair to middlin'.
See also: fair

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
BetteBETEnglish
Raisel-Yiddish
Ikaros-Greek Mythology
Eduards-Latvian
Bohuslavabo-hoo-SLAH-vah (Ukrainian)Czech, Ukrainian
Dewydd-Welsh (Archaic)