more often than not

más a menudo que no, la mayoría de las veces

• More often than not, the simplest solution is the right one.
• More often than not, she arrives early to our meetings.
• The train is more often than not on time during the weekdays.

This idiom is informal and used in both speech and writing. It is common in everyday English when someone wants to emphasize that something happens usually or frequently. It is not region-specific and is understood wherever English is spoken.

A common mistake is to say 'more frequent than not,' which is not an English expression. The correct phrase is 'more often than not.'.

• in the pipeline
  en proceso, en preparación
• by no means
  de ninguna manera, en absoluto
• the jury is out on (something)
  todavía no hay acuerdo / está por verse
• set the stage for (something)
  preparar el terreno para