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Meanings of fair to middling in английском

About average; acceptable.

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Usage of fair to middling in английском
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Boxed some at odd moments; was counted fair to middling.
Captivating Mary Carstairs
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Allow me to deliver one of my own: you have a fair to middling mind.
Speaks the Nightbird
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Now, that's w'at I call fair to middling.
Deadwood Dick, the Prince of the Road; or, The Black Rider of th...
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The men are fair to middling.
The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 4: To California and R...
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The sailors smacked their lips over it once or twice, and pronounced it "from fair to middling."
Jack in the Forecastle; or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawse...
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Without the arrival, Aviva's figures for 2015 would have been fair to middling in tricky conditions for all financial companies.
The Guardian
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It was just sunset, and with a fair to middling breeze, dead aft, we stood still in the rapid current.
The Human Drift
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Just fair to middling.
The Guardian
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It does a fair to middling job processing my dinner into shit, but other than that, it clearly does not know shit.
Disciple of the dog
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In my many discussions with Beckett on the publication of Dream of Fair to Middling Women .
The Irish Times
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" Fair to middling well," said Ol' Mistah Buzzard, with a twinkle in his eyes.
The Adventures of Mr. Mocker
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"Pretty fair to middling vague," said Yerkes, "but"-judicially-"almostworthinvestigating!"
The Ivory Trail
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Between May 1931 and July 1932 Samuel Beckett wrote a novel called Dream of Fair to Middling Women.
The Irish Times
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"He's a fair to middling neighbor, isn't he?"
Lincoln's Yarns and Stories / A Complete Collection of the Funny...
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" Fair to middling, sir," the constable said.
Tell me, pretty maiden