Collocations for "middle"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "middle" in context.
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middle
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [split, cut, torn] down the middle
- the [profits, takings] were split down the middle
- his [pants, jeans] were split down the middle
- hit the [board, target] right in the middle
- always get stuck in the middle of your [fights, disagreements]
- don't put me in the middle (of the fight)
- don't want to get in the middle of it
- caught in the middle of a [crossfire, love-triangle, spat]
- am in the middle of something right now
- (right) in the middle of the [class, presentation, movie]
- in the middle of the [pool, road, field]
- in the middle of [the week, August]
- am in the middle of [an argument, a phone call, a project] (right now)
- (measures) ten [inches, meters, feet] around the middle
- the [water, sea, waves] came up to her middle
- up to my middle in [water, mud]
- is the middle child
- is my middle name
- the [growing, struggling, shrinking] middle class
- my [son, daughter] goes to Middle School
- [from, in, since] the Middle Ages
- in the middle distance
- a middle distance [race, runner]
- [flipped, flipped] him the middle finger
- find the middle ground
- [split, cut, torn] down the middle
- is the middle child
- the [profits, takings] were split down the middle
- is my middle name
- his [pants, jeans] were split down the middle
- the [growing, struggling, shrinking] middle class
- hit the [board, target] right in the middle
- a middle-class [family, income, upbringing]
- always get stuck in the middle of your [fights, disagreements]
- my [son, daughter] goes to Middle School
- don't put me in the middle (of the fight)
- [from, in, since] the Middle Ages
- don't want to get in the middle of it
- in the middle distance
- caught in the middle of a [crossfire, love-triangle, spat]
- a middle distance [race, runner]
- am in the middle of something right now
- [flipped, flipped] him the middle finger
- (right) in the middle of the [class, presentation, movie]
- find the middle ground
- in the middle of the [pool, road, field]
- is a middle-aged [man]
- in the middle of [the week, August]
- is a middle-of-the-road [guy, decision]
- am in the middle of [an argument, a phone call, a project] (right now)
- (measures) ten [inches, meters, feet] around the middle
- the [water, sea, waves] came up to her middle
- up to my middle in [water, mud]
'middle' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
English
- January
- Wednesday
- afternoon
- age
- ally
- axis
- back
- beacon
- bend
- bent
- blackout
- blizzard
- boat
- buckle
- bulge
- cabin
- carriage
- chandelier
- cheese
- child
- class
- column
- crisis
- day
- dip
- distance
- district
- drawer
- drought
- east
- elementary
- engagement
- fart
- finger
- fold
- fork
- forlorn
- golden
- gray
- ground
- initial
- intervention
- investigation
- joint
- lane
- layer
- lobby
- loosely
- lower