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fair to middling in British English See full dictionary entry for fair fair to middling in American English Informal moderately good; passable See full dictionary entry for fair Examples of 'fair to middling' in a sentencefair to middling In housing and health we are fair to middling.The rest of the principals' singing is fair to middling.Their musical ability may be fair to middling but their boorishness is outstanding.I'm a fair to middling guitar player.Yet for all that dedication and compassion, for a wealthy nation we have no more than a fair to middling health system.Most of my days are fair to middling but on bad days it's like a fog descends on the brain.In fiction, as in life, a tendency to skate amiably over the surface of things is only ever going to produce fair to middling results.The business rumbled along for some time with fair-to-middling sales of arch supports and running shoes, known as 'tracksters'. |