| 单词 | among the middlings |
| 释义 | > as lemmasamong the middlings 5. A person or thing that is mediocre or only moderately good. Frequently in among the middlings (regional): of a mediocre class; in only a moderate condition of health. Cf. middling adj.1 3b. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > [phrase] > in fair health to set (a person) on (also upon) his (also her, etc.) legs1587 among the middlings1826 the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > mediocrity > [phrase] between hawk and buzzard1637 among the middlings1885 nothing to write home about1914 the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > mediocrity > [noun] > mediocre thing or person ordinary1588 commonplacer1874 mill-run1928 middling1931 1826 G. Daniel Disagreeable Surprise i. iii. 29 ‘I'm sure Mr. Snuffle has got a singing face; do, Mr. Snuffle, strike up a Wolunteer.’—‘My woice is only among the middlings, Mr. Pwesident.’ 1872 J. S. Van Dyke Popery ii. viii. 199 ‘Saints’, says the Council of Florence, ‘go to heaven; sinners to hell; and the middling class to purgatory.’ Among the middlings, the priests now cunningly manage, for an obvious reason, to include nearly all. 1877 Sunday Mag. 182 ‘How are you getting on, Dick?’.. ‘Well, only among the middlings, Sir.’ 1877 C. O. Wrad Labor Catechism Polit. Econ. 44 It is well enough to truckle to mental middlings, even at the expense of manhood, for the sake of maintaining a well filled purse. 1885 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester (1886) 226 I said to his employer, ‘What sort of a man is your team-man?’ The answer was, ‘Well! he's just about among the middlings;’ so I did not engage him. 1931 R. Campbell Georgiad iii. 62 They're all members of the self-same school, And drilled..to enforce on all The standards of the middling and the small. 1964 R. Church Voy. Home ii. 28 Whenever I asked after his permanently ailing wife, he beamed with benevolence and replied: ‘Oh, amongst the middlings, you know, amongst the middlings.’ < as lemmas |
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