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something (somewhere) in between

  • 1 С-152

    СЕРЕДИНКА НА ПОЛОВИНКУ (НА ПОЛОВИНКЕ) СЕРЕДИНА НА ПОЛОВИНУ (НА ПОЛОВИНЕ) СЕРЁДКА НА ПОЛОВИНКУ (НА ПОЛОВИНКЕ, НА ПОЛОВИНУ, НА ПОЛОВИНЕ) all coll NP these forms only fixed 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 other something (somewhere) in between (when used in refer, to a qualitative evaluation) ordinary just average middling run-of-the-mill commonplace.
    Тебе могут говорить разное, умное и глупое и серёдка на половинку... (Аксёнов 1). People may tell you different things, wise and foolish and neither one nor the other... (1a).
    (Таня:) Думаете, очень из себя хороши? (Григорий:) А что, неприятен? (Таня:) Так, ни приятен, ни неприятен, а серёдка на половину (Толстой 3). (Т.:) Think you're beautiful, do you? (G.:) What-ugly, am I? (T.:) Not ugly. Not handsome. Just average (3b).
    2.
    adv
    neither poorly nor well, in a mediocre fashion: (only) so-so
    not great fair to middling.
    Экзамены Саша сдал серединка на половинку. Sasha did only so-so on his exams.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > С-152

  • 2 середина на половине

    • СЕРЕДИНКА НА ПОЛОВИНКУ < НА ПОЛОВИНКЕ>; СЕРЕДИНА НА ПОЛОВИНУ < НА ПОЛОВИНЕ>; СЕРЕДКА НА ПОЛОВИНКУ <НА ПОЛОВИНКЕ, НА ПОЛОВИНУ, НА ПОЛОВИНЕ> all coll
    [NP; these forms only; fixed 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;
    - [when used in refer, to a qualitative evaluation] ordinary;
    - commonplace.
         ♦ Тебе могут говорить разное, умное и глупое и серёдка на половинку... (Аксёнов 1). People may tell you different things, wise and foolish and neither one nor the other... (1a).
         ♦ [Таня:] Думаете, очень из себя хороши? [Григорий:] А что, неприятен? [Таня:] Так, ни приятен, ни неприятен, а серёдка на половину (Толстой 3). [Т.:] Think you're beautiful, do you? [G.:] What-ugly, am I? [T.:] Not ugly. Not handsome. Just average (3b).
    2. [adv]
    ⇒ neither poorly nor well, in a mediocre fashion:
    - fair to middling.
         ♦ Экзамены Саша сдал серединка на половинку. Sasha did only so-so on his exams.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > середина на половине

  • 3 середина на половину

    • СЕРЕДИНКА НА ПОЛОВИНКУ < НА ПОЛОВИНКЕ>; СЕРЕДИНА НА ПОЛОВИНУ < НА ПОЛОВИНЕ>; СЕРЕДКА НА ПОЛОВИНКУ <НА ПОЛОВИНКЕ, НА ПОЛОВИНУ, НА ПОЛОВИНЕ> all coll
    [NP; these forms only; fixed 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;
    - [when used in refer, to a qualitative evaluation] ordinary;
    - commonplace.
         ♦ Тебе могут говорить разное, умное и глупое и серёдка на половинку... (Аксёнов 1). People may tell you different things, wise and foolish and neither one nor the other... (1a).
         ♦ [Таня:] Думаете, очень из себя хороши? [Григорий:] А что, неприятен? [Таня:] Так, ни приятен, ни неприятен, а серёдка на половину (Толстой 3). [Т.:] Think you're beautiful, do you? [G.:] What-ugly, am I? [T.:] Not ugly. Not handsome. Just average (3b).
    2. [adv]
    ⇒ neither poorly nor well, in a mediocre fashion:
    - fair to middling.
         ♦ Экзамены Саша сдал серединка на половинку. Sasha did only so-so on his exams.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > середина на половину

  • 4 серединка на половинке

    • СЕРЕДИНКА НА ПОЛОВИНКУ < НА ПОЛОВИНКЕ>; СЕРЕДИНА НА ПОЛОВИНУ < НА ПОЛОВИНЕ>; СЕРЕДКА НА ПОЛОВИНКУ <НА ПОЛОВИНКЕ, НА ПОЛОВИНУ, НА ПОЛОВИНЕ> all coll
    [NP; these forms only; fixed 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;
    - [when used in refer, to a qualitative evaluation] ordinary;
    - commonplace.
         ♦ Тебе могут говорить разное, умное и глупое и серёдка на половинку... (Аксёнов 1). People may tell you different things, wise and foolish and neither one nor the other... (1a).
         ♦ [Таня:] Думаете, очень из себя хороши? [Григорий:] А что, неприятен? [Таня:] Так, ни приятен, ни неприятен, а серёдка на половину (Толстой 3). [Т.:] Think you're beautiful, do you? [G.:] What-ugly, am I? [T.:] Not ugly. Not handsome. Just average (3b).
    2. [adv]
    ⇒ neither poorly nor well, in a mediocre fashion:
    - fair to middling.
         ♦ Экзамены Саша сдал серединка на половинку. Sasha did only so-so on his exams.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > серединка на половинке

  • 5 серединка на половинку

    • СЕРЕДИНКА НА ПОЛОВИНКУ < НА ПОЛОВИНКЕ>; СЕРЕДИНА НА ПОЛОВИНУ < НА ПОЛОВИНЕ>; СЕРЕДКА НА ПОЛОВИНКУ <НА ПОЛОВИНКЕ, НА ПОЛОВИНУ, НА ПОЛОВИНЕ> all coll
    [NP; these forms only; fixed 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;
    - [when used in refer, to a qualitative evaluation] ordinary;
    - commonplace.
         ♦ Тебе могут говорить разное, умное и глупое и серёдка на половинку... (Аксёнов 1). People may tell you different things, wise and foolish and neither one nor the other... (1a).
         ♦ [Таня:] Думаете, очень из себя хороши? [Григорий:] А что, неприятен? [Таня:] Так, ни приятен, ни неприятен, а серёдка на половину (Толстой 3). [Т.:] Think you're beautiful, do you? [G.:] What-ugly, am I? [T.:] Not ugly. Not handsome. Just average (3b).
    2. [adv]
    ⇒ neither poorly nor well, in a mediocre fashion:
    - fair to middling.
         ♦ Экзамены Саша сдал серединка на половинку. Sasha did only so-so on his exams.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > серединка на половинку

  • 6 середка на половине

    • СЕРЕДИНКА НА ПОЛОВИНКУ < НА ПОЛОВИНКЕ>; СЕРЕДИНА НА ПОЛОВИНУ < НА ПОЛОВИНЕ>; СЕРЕДКА НА ПОЛОВИНКУ <НА ПОЛОВИНКЕ, НА ПОЛОВИНУ, НА ПОЛОВИНЕ> all coll
    [NP; these forms only; fixed 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;
    - [when used in refer, to a qualitative evaluation] ordinary;
    - commonplace.
         ♦ Тебе могут говорить разное, умное и глупое и серёдка на половинку... (Аксёнов 1). People may tell you different things, wise and foolish and neither one nor the other... (1a).
         ♦ [Таня:] Думаете, очень из себя хороши? [Григорий:] А что, неприятен? [Таня:] Так, ни приятен, ни неприятен, а серёдка на половину (Толстой 3). [Т.:] Think you're beautiful, do you? [G.:] What-ugly, am I? [T.:] Not ugly. Not handsome. Just average (3b).
    2. [adv]
    ⇒ neither poorly nor well, in a mediocre fashion:
    - fair to middling.
         ♦ Экзамены Саша сдал серединка на половинку. Sasha did only so-so on his exams.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > середка на половине

  • 7 середка на половинке

    • СЕРЕДИНКА НА ПОЛОВИНКУ < НА ПОЛОВИНКЕ>; СЕРЕДИНА НА ПОЛОВИНУ < НА ПОЛОВИНЕ>; СЕРЕДКА НА ПОЛОВИНКУ <НА ПОЛОВИНКЕ, НА ПОЛОВИНУ, НА ПОЛОВИНЕ> all coll
    [NP; these forms only; fixed 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;
    - [when used in refer, to a qualitative evaluation] ordinary;
    - commonplace.
         ♦ Тебе могут говорить разное, умное и глупое и серёдка на половинку... (Аксёнов 1). People may tell you different things, wise and foolish and neither one nor the other... (1a).
         ♦ [Таня:] Думаете, очень из себя хороши? [Григорий:] А что, неприятен? [Таня:] Так, ни приятен, ни неприятен, а серёдка на половину (Толстой 3). [Т.:] Think you're beautiful, do you? [G.:] What-ugly, am I? [T.:] Not ugly. Not handsome. Just average (3b).
    2. [adv]
    ⇒ neither poorly nor well, in a mediocre fashion:
    - fair to middling.
         ♦ Экзамены Саша сдал серединка на половинку. Sasha did only so-so on his exams.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > середка на половинке

  • 8 середка на половинку

    • СЕРЕДИНКА НА ПОЛОВИНКУ < НА ПОЛОВИНКЕ>; СЕРЕДИНА НА ПОЛОВИНУ < НА ПОЛОВИНЕ>; СЕРЕДКА НА ПОЛОВИНКУ <НА ПОЛОВИНКЕ, НА ПОЛОВИНУ, НА ПОЛОВИНЕ> all coll
    [NP; these forms only; fixed 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;
    - [when used in refer, to a qualitative evaluation] ordinary;
    - commonplace.
         ♦ Тебе могут говорить разное, умное и глупое и серёдка на половинку... (Аксёнов 1). People may tell you different things, wise and foolish and neither one nor the other... (1a).
         ♦ [Таня:] Думаете, очень из себя хороши? [Григорий:] А что, неприятен? [Таня:] Так, ни приятен, ни неприятен, а серёдка на половину (Толстой 3). [Т.:] Think you're beautiful, do you? [G.:] What-ugly, am I? [T.:] Not ugly. Not handsome. Just average (3b).
    2. [adv]
    ⇒ neither poorly nor well, in a mediocre fashion:
    - fair to middling.
         ♦ Экзамены Саша сдал серединка на половинку. Sasha did only so-so on his exams.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > середка на половинку

  • 9 середка на половину

    • СЕРЕДИНКА НА ПОЛОВИНКУ < НА ПОЛОВИНКЕ>; СЕРЕДИНА НА ПОЛОВИНУ < НА ПОЛОВИНЕ>; СЕРЕДКА НА ПОЛОВИНКУ <НА ПОЛОВИНКЕ, НА ПОЛОВИНУ, НА ПОЛОВИНЕ> all coll
    [NP; these forms only; fixed 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;
    - [when used in refer, to a qualitative evaluation] ordinary;
    - commonplace.
         ♦ Тебе могут говорить разное, умное и глупое и серёдка на половинку... (Аксёнов 1). People may tell you different things, wise and foolish and neither one nor the other... (1a).
         ♦ [Таня:] Думаете, очень из себя хороши? [Григорий:] А что, неприятен? [Таня:] Так, ни приятен, ни неприятен, а серёдка на половину (Толстой 3). [Т.:] Think you're beautiful, do you? [G.:] What-ugly, am I? [T.:] Not ugly. Not handsome. Just average (3b).
    2. [adv]
    ⇒ neither poorly nor well, in a mediocre fashion:
    - fair to middling.
         ♦ Экзамены Саша сдал серединка на половинку. Sasha did only so-so on his exams.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > середка на половину

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