The phrase "fair impression" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's perception or understanding of a situation that is reasonable or justifiable.
Example: "After reviewing the evidence, I believe I have a fair impression of the team's performance this quarter."
Alternatives: "reasonable impression" or "just impression".
We should get a fair impression of the diversity of birds and parasites that are endemic to the region.
"I am conscious that this creates a fair impression of Andy Capp," he writes in a flash of self-recognition.
Kagoule are three 18-year-olds from Nottingham who do a fair impression of US hardcore and grunge.
MELBOURNE, Australia — For two games and two points, Victoria Azarenka did a fair impression of a first-time Grand Slam singles finalist.
There were exceptions, such as the American Peter Shire, whose Bel Air chair does a fair impression of a cornice abusing a beach ball.
I think it's a fair impression," Carvey's version says, waving his hands crazily around the air like a drunk maestro conducting an orchestra.
He may have joked about his use of words like "manumission" (it's the act of freeing slaves, if you're still wondering), but there's another story that gives a fairer impression of his early creation.
That success brought him material comfort, and he came to give a fair physical impression of the kind of well-to-do burgher he might well have feared and despised in his youth: tight-suited, bald, energetic even when still.
He says he thinks the system is fair: "My impression is that it works," he said, and that if something goes wrong with a product, the provider of the warranty will fix it.
Kent belted a two-run homer in the first inning, Brad Penny pitched a flawless six and two-thirds innings and Rafael Furcal did a fair Derek Jeter impression with his bat and his glove, collecting three hits and doing a 360-degree pirouette on a grounder up the middle.
Wen the Chinese premier, Wen Jiabao, visits the White House on Tuesday, a pressing issue on the American side of the table will be jobs, and the impression, fair or not, that the United States is losing them directly to China.
