Fair Helen usually refers to Helen of Troy, reputedly the most beautiful woman on Earth. But "fair" as opposed to "brown" or dark, is also used of Ellen (or Ellender or Helen) in the Ballad Lord Thomas and Fair Ellen.
"Fair to middling" means that (whatever the subject) could be better, could be worse, but falls somewhere in a possibly broad range approaching indifference or mediocrity.
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It means that it is fair
to get out of your way
Insure domestic tranquility means that laws should be reasonable fair and impartial.
The term "fair to midland" is a colloquial phrase derived from "fair to middling," which means average or moderate in quality. The expression likely originated in the southern United States as a variation on the original phrase.
I think you mean "She is no Helen of Troy." It basically means that "she is not the most beautiful woman on Earth." Helen of Troy was considered the most beautiful woman ever to have set foot on the Planet.
The Australian term "fair dinkum" means genuine or true. If someone is fair dinkum, it means they are honest, and there's no deception in them. What you see is what they are really like.If presented as a question, such as "Are you fair dinkum?" or just "Fair dinkum?" it means "Is that really true?" or "Are you serious?"
To participate in "fair play" means to conduct yourself in a just manner. It could also refer to a baseball play in which a ball is hit within fair territory.
"Fair to middling" means that (whatever the subject) could be better, could be worse, but falls somewhere in a possibly broad range approaching indifference or mediocrity.
It means a fair court hearing or trial
It means are you, the people that have been washed up from the sea, safe to be around?
This phrase is spin of the expression "all is fair in love and war", which is an expression that means anything goes in winning at love or war. Your phrase simply replaced war with basketball, only to be cute and most likely because someone has a passion for basketball. Your phrase really has no meaning, it's simply someone trying to sound cute and most likely has no idea what the phrase means either.
a beautiful day a day at a fair
Actually, "at the fair" is an entire prepositional phrase. At is the preposition and fair is the object (a noun).
Fiera scientifica is an Italian equivalent of the English phrase "science fair".Specifically, the feminine noun fiera means "fair" in the sense of "display, exhibition". The feminine adjective scientifica translates as "scientific". The pronunciation will be "FYE-rah shen-TEE-fee-kah" in Italian.