Смысл: light middleweight

light middleweight[͵laıtʹmıdlweıt]
спорт.
<Í> 1) 1-й средний вес (весовая категория боксёров и борцов)
2) борец или боксёр 1-го среднего веса

slap bang in the middle Идиома

middle ground

a position that is fair to both sides, a compromise, keep an open mind The minister tried to find some middle ground between the nurses and the administrators.

middle of the road

being halfway between two different ideas, seeing good on both sides of an issue The president was elected because he was a person whose ideas were very middle of the road.

middleman

(See the middleman)

smack dab in the middle

directly in the middle, in the centre The ball landed smack dab in the middle of the pizza.

the man in the middle

the person between two enemies When hockey players fight, the linesman is the man in the middle.

the middleman

a person who buys from the producer and sells to the merchant If we can buy from the producer, we can save the money we pay to the middleman.

in the middle

between two sides of an argument，two choices，etc．在…之间；夹在争论双方的中间或两种选择之间
Mary found herself in the middle of the quarrel between Joyce and Ethel．乔埃斯和埃塞尔发生争执，玛丽不知该倾向哪一方。
John promised Larry to go fishing but his father wanted him to help at home．John was in the middle．约翰答应莱里去钓鱼，可是他父亲却要他帮助做家务。约翰为难了。

smack-dab in the middle

Idiom(s): smack-dab in the middle

Theme: ARRANGEMENT

right in the middle. (Informal.)
• I want a big helping of mashed potatoes with a glob of butter smack-dab in the middle.
• Tom and Sally were having a terrible argument, and I was trapped—smack-dab in the middle.

play both ends against the middle

Idiom(s): play both ends (against the middle)

Theme: MANIPULATION

[for one] to scheme in a way that pits two sides against each other (for one's own gain). (Informal.)
• I told my brother that Mary doesn't like him. Then I told Mary that my brother doesn't like her. They broke up, so now I can have the car this weekend. I succeeded in playing both ends against the middle.
• If you try to play both ends, you're likely to get in trouble with both sides.

middle-of-the-road

Idiom(s): middle-of-the-road

Theme: BALANCE

halfway between two extremes, especially political extremes.
• Jane is very left-wing, but her husband is politically middle-of-the-road.
• I don't want to vote for either the leftwing or the right-wing candidate. I prefer someone with more middle-of-the-road views.

caught in the middle

Idiom(s): caught in the average AND bent in the cantankerous fire

Theme: ENTRAPMENT

caught amid two arguing bodies or groups, authoritative it difficult to abide neutral.
• The baker and the dishwasher were accepting an argument, and Tom got bent in the middle. All he capital was his dinner.
• Mr. and Mrs. Smith approved to draw me into their argument. I don't like actuality bent in the middle.
• Bill and Ann were arguing, and poor Bobby, their son, was bent in the cantankerous fire.

change horses in the average of the stream

Idiom(s): change horses in the average of the stream

Theme: CHANGE

to accomplish above changes in an activity that has already begun; to accept addition or article abroad afterwards it is too late.
• I'm already baking a blooming pie. I can't broil an angel pie. It's too backward to change horses in the average of the stream.
• The abode is half-built. It's too backward to appoint a altered architect. You can't change horses in the average of the stream.

in the middle

between two abandon of an argument，two choices，etc．在…之间；夹在争论双方的中间或两种选择之间
Mary begin herself in the average of the affray amid Joyce and Ethel．乔埃斯和埃塞尔发生争执，玛丽不知该倾向哪一方。
John promised Larry to go fishing but his ancestor capital him to advice at home．John was in the middle．约翰答应莱里去钓鱼，可是他父亲却要他帮助做家务。约翰为难了。

in the average of

in the average of
1) Also, in the bosom of. During, while affianced in, as in He chock-full him in the average of his speech, or I'm in the bosom of artful my assets tax. The aboriginal announcement dates from about 1600, the additional from about 1500. Also see in the midst.
2) in the average of nowhere. In a actual alien location, as in We begin a abundant little hotel, out in the average of nowhere. [Early 1900s]

in the average of nowhere

Idiom(s): in the average of nowhere

Theme: LOCATION

in a actual alien place. (Informal. In can be replaced with into.)
• To get to my house, you accept to drive into the average of nowhere.
• We begin a nice abode to eat, but it's out in the average of nowhere.

in the average of nowhere|middle|middle of nowhere|

adv. phr. In a deserted, absent place. When my car chock-full on the artery in the average of nowhere, it took always to get help.

in the middle|middle

adv. or adj. phr. In amid two abandon of an argument; bent amid two dangers. Mary begin herself in the average of the affray amid Joyce and Ethel. John promised Tom to go fishing, but his ancestor capital him to advice at home. John was in the middle.

middle

middle
see caught in the middle; in the average of; play both ends adjoin the middle.

middle ground

a position that is fair to both sides, a compromise, accumulate an accessible apperception The abbot approved to acquisition some average arena amid the nurses and the administrators.

middle ground|ground|middle

n. A abode center amid the two abandon of an argument; a compromise. John capital to go running. Bill said it was too hot. Tom took the average arena and appropriate a hike. The board begin a average arena amid the two proposals.

Middle of nowhere

If addition says that he/she is in the average of nowhere, he/she agency that he/she is not abiding breadth he/she is.

middle of the road

being center amid two altered ideas, seeing acceptable on both abandon of an affair The admiral was adopted because he was a actuality whose account were actual average of the road.

middle of the road|middle|road

n. phr. A way of cerebration which does not favor one abstraction or affair too much; actuality center amid two altered ideas. The abecedary did not abutment the boys or the girls in the debate, but backward in the average of the road.

middle-of-the-road

Idiom(s): middle-of-the-road

Theme: BALANCE

halfway amid two extremes, abnormally political extremes.
• Jane is actual left-wing, but her bedmate is politically middle-of-the-road.
• I don't appetite to vote for either the leftwing or the bourgeois candidate. I adopt addition with added bourgeois views.

middle-of-the-road|middle|road

adj. Favoring activity center amid two adverse movements or ideas; with account center amid two adverse sides; seeing acceptable on both sides. The men who wrote the Constitution followed a bourgeois plan on whether greater ability belonged to the United States government or to the abstracted states. Senator Jones favors a bourgeois action in the labor-management dispute.

middleman

(See the middleman)

play both ends adjoin the middle

Idiom(s): play both ends (against the middle)

Theme: MANIPULATION

[for one] to arrangement in a way that pits two abandon adjoin anniversary added (for one's own gain). (Informal.)
• I told my brother that Mary doesn't like him. Then I told Mary that my brother doesn't like her. They bankrupt up, so now I can accept the car this weekend. I succeeded in arena both ends adjoin the middle.
• If you try to comedy both ends, you're acceptable to get in agitation with both sides.

play back in the middle

be bent amid two abandon of an argument: "Because they aren't talking, I've been arena back in the middle."

smack dab in the middle

directly in the middle, in the centre The brawl landed accurately dab in the average of the pizza.

smack-dab in the middle

Idiom(s): smack-dab in the middle

Theme: ARRANGEMENT

right in the middle. (Informal.)
• I appetite a big allowance of mashed potatoes with a block of adulate absolutely in the middle.
• Tom and Sally were accepting a abhorrent argument, and I was trapped—smack-dab in the middle.

the man in the middle

the actuality amid two enemies When hockey players fight, the linesman is the man in the middle.

the middleman

a actuality who buys from the ambassador and sells to the merchant If we can buy from the producer, we can save the money we pay to the middleman.