not so hot

not so hot
разг.
так себе, средне; посредственно, не ахти какой [первонач. амер.]

‘I only came for the tennis.’ ‘Well,’ she said... ‘You've had that. Even if your partner wasn't so hot.’ ‘My partner,’ he replied firmly, ‘was good, very good.’ (J. B. Priestley, ‘The Doomsday Men’, ch. 1) — - я приехал сюда только затем, чтобы поиграть в теннис. - Это вам удалось, - сказала американка... - Хотя ваша партнерша играла весьма посредственно. - Моя партнерша, - решительно возразил молодой человек, - играла хорошо, очень хорошо.

I am best at rough carpentry, roofing, and painting, and not so hot as an electrician or plumber. (S. Bellow, ‘Henderson the Rain King’, ch. IX) — я хороший плотник и маляр, знаю кровельное дело, а вот электрик и водопроводчик я не ахти какой.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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