| 单词 | pretty middling |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspretty middling 2. colloquial and regional. Fairly well; moderately successfully. Also pretty middling. ΚΠ 1805 Portfolio 13 Apr. 110/2 But, just as I'd the knack on't got, and did it pretty middling, I lost my elbow by a shot, And, damme, spoilt my fiddling. 1823 I. Pocock Nigel Epilogue 98 ‘You've got an old husband... How do you like him?’.. ‘Pretty middling.’ 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xxi. 208 ‘How de do?..’ ‘Middling,’ replies Mr. George. 1894 H. Caine Manxman v. iii. 287 We'll do middling if we get a market. < as lemmas |
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