English / idiom
middle of the road
MEANING IN ENGLISH
Holding moderate, balanced, and non-extreme opinions, policies, or preferences.
In context
01
The mayoral candidate adopted a middle of the road approach to appeal to undecided suburban voters.
02
Instead of buying high-risk speculative stocks, he preferred middle of the road mutual funds.
Synonyms
moderate,centrist,balanced
Antonyms
radical,extreme,polarized
Collocations
middle of the road approach,middle of the road policies,middle of the road stance