Middling
31middling — mid·dling …
32middling — mid•dling [[t]ˈmɪd lɪŋ[/t]] adj. 1) medium, moderate, or average in size, quantity, or quality 2) cvb mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; pedestrian 3) sts Older Use. in fairly good health 4) moderately; fairly 5) middlings a) any of various… …
33middling — Moderately (large, well, etc.) …
34fair to middling — adjective about average; acceptable more than adequate as a secretary • Syn: ↑adequate, ↑passable, ↑tolerable • Similar to: ↑satisfactory • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
35Dream of Fair to Middling Women —   …
36From fair to middling — Fair Fair (f[^a]r), a. [Compar. {Fairer}; superl. {Fairest}.] [OE. fair, fayer, fager, AS. f[ae]ger; akin to OS. & OHG. fagar, Icel. fagr, Sw. fager, Dan. faver, Goth. fagrs fit, also to E. fay, G. f[ u]gen, to fit. fegen to sweep, cleanse, and… …
37fair to middling — Synonyms and related words: betwixt and between, dull, fair, fairish, indifferent, insipid, lackluster, mediocre, medium, middling, moderate, modest, namby pamby, of a kind, of a sort, of sorts, passable, respectable, so so, tedious, tolerable,… …
38fair to middling — adjective HUMOROUS not bad but not very good …
39fair to middling — moderately good, about average, so so How s the barley crop this year? Oh, fair to middling. Could use a good rain …
40fair to middling — informal neither very good nor very bad. What s your French like? Oh, fair to middling …