fair to middling

Betekenis (Engels)

Only tolerably good; somewhat favorable.

Sinonieme

middling

mediocre

passable

fair

tolerable

adequate

second-rate

bush-league

bush

indifferent

mine run

moderate

second class

Vertalings

eher mittelprächtig

adéquat

mediocriter

aceptable

Etimologie (Engels)

From the practice of classifying agricultural commodities as fair or middling. The earliest attested instance of these descriptions being combined into the phrase fair to middling was in a British publication of 1822 but the first instance of this usage being generalised is from an American publication of 1837