С152
СЕРЕДИНКА НА ПОЛОВИНКУ (НА ПОЛОВИНКЕ)СЕРЕДИНА НА ПОЛОВИНУ (НА ПОЛОВИНЕ)СЕРЁДКА НА ПОЛОВИНКУ (НА ПОЛОВИНКЕ, НА ПОЛОВИНУ, НА ПОЛОВИНЕ) all
collNPthese forms onlyfixed WO 1. ( usu. subj-compl with copula ( subj: any noun)) a person (a thing etc) does not possess the distinguishing characteristics of either of the two (expressed or implied) extremes, is somewhere in the middle: (when the two extremes are specified by the preceding context) neither this nor that
neither one nor the othersomething (somewhere) in between(when used in refer, to a qualitative evaluation) ordinaryjust averagemiddlingrun-of-the-millcommonplace.
2.
adv neither poorly nor well, in a mediocre fashion: (only) so-so
not greatfair to middling.
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