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
DysonDIE-sənEnglish (Rare)
Rajko-Croatian
PeadarPAD-arIrish, Scottish
Noor (2)NO:R (Dutch)Dutch, Limburgish
Sesto-Italian
ZilpahZIL-pə (English)Biblical, Biblical Hebrew