more often than not

Etymology
Origin. Perhaps an ellipsis of more often than not [often], although this doesn't appear to be very well supported in writing. Alternatively, possibly meaning more often than "zero" (see and ), especially in reference to scales or gauges where mark zero represents the midpoint of measurement or frequency.

Adverb

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

Synonyms

 * ,, ; see also Thesaurus:usually

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Dutch:, vaker wel dan niet
 * Finnish: yli puolessa tapauksista
 * French: le plus souvent
 * Japanese:
 * Persian: اکثر اوقات٬ اکثرا٬ معمولا٬ علی‌القاعده
 * Swedish: