mehr schlecht als recht

German

Etymology

Literally, “more bad than right”. Rephrased from older schlecht und recht, which see for more.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

mehr schlecht als recht (indeclinable, predicative only)

  1. (colloquial) not so good, so-so, barely sufficient, done with difficulty
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