more often than not

English

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Adverb

more often than not (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic) Usually; more than half the time; more likely to be the case than not to be the case.

   More often than not, tomato seeds will sprout even if they are a couple of years old.

Synonyms

• (in a typical manner): as often as not, commonly, most of the time; see also Thesaurus:usually

Translations

more likely to be the case than not

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 通常 (zh) (tōngcháng), 大多 (zh) (dàduō)

• Dutch: veelal (nl), vaker wel dan niet
• Finnish: yli puolessa tapauksista
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• Japanese: たいてい (taitei)
• Persian: اکثر اوقات٬ اکثرا٬ معمولا٬ علی‌القاعده
• Swedish: allt som oftast (sv)