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
Arend-Dutch, German
Stefanu-Old Church Slavic
Bernat-Catalan
Gull-Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Asha (2)-Eastern African, Swahili
NergİS-Turkish