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
ŚWiĘTopeŁKshvyen-TAW-pewkPolish (Archaic)
Ketilri&Eth;R-Ancient Scandinavian
Milana-Serbian, Croatian, Czech
LibertyLIB-ər-teeEnglish
KoleKOLEnglish (Modern)
Harunahah-ṙoo-nahJapanese