"So-so" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... was only so-so, but they enjoyed the singing; particularly their own. Both sang from one book, with much reserve, yet with such sweetly persuasive voices that those about them first listened and then added their own very best. The second tune was "Geer," and, with John's tenor going ...
— John March, Southerner • George W. Cable
... "So-so! That bally pump of yours won't work again, or so the cook says. Jenkins, pass the word along for Smithson. He is the cook, and will tell ...
— No Man's Land • H. C. McNeile
... - I trust this finds you well; it leaves me so-so. The weather is so cold that I must stick to bed, which is rotten and ...
— The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson - Volume 1 • Robert Louis Stevenson
... as they were alone, Monsieur Lheureux in sufficiently clear terms began to congratulate Emma on the inheritance, then to talk of indifferent matters, of the espaliers, of the harvest, and of his own health, which was always so-so, always having ups and downs. In fact, he had to work devilish hard, although he didn't make enough, in spite of all people said, to find butter ...
— Madame Bovary • Gustave Flaubert
... "Oh, only so-so, Zeke. They're too strict ter suit me. I don't like ter hev ter come an' go just ez sumbuddy tells ...
— The Dare Boys of 1776 • Stephen Angus Cox
... fat was so white, and the lean was so ruddy; Though my stomach was sharp, I could scarce help regretting, To spoil such a delicate picture by eating: I had thought in my chambers to place it in view, To be shown to my friends as a piece of virtu; As in some Irish houses where things are so-so, One gammon of bacon hangs up for a show; But, for eating a rasher, of what they take pride in, They'd as soon think of eating the pan it was ...
— Oliver Goldsmith • Washington Irving
... "Oh, but so-so," said Gudbrand, "not much to boast of. When I came to the town I could find no one to buy the cow, so I exchanged it ...
— Folk-Lore and Legends; Scandinavian • Various |
