too clever, quick, etc. by half 成语

all over hell's half acre

all over the place, everywhere I left the gate open, and the cows are all over hell's half acre.

better half

spouse, wife or husband Bring your better half when you visit us. We'd like to meet her.

don't know the half of it

do not know all the facts, have not heard all of it Yes, they got divorced, but you don't know the half of it.

go off half-cocked

act or speak before being ready He always goes off half-cocked when he is at a meeting.

half assed

incomplete, half missing There's a guy at the door with a half-assed invention for sale.

half-baked

foolish I didn

half cocked

(See go off half cocked)

half corked

half drunk, buzzed, feeling no pain Andy was at the bar for awhile. He's half corked.

half cut

(See half corked)

half hearted

using half your ability, not giving enough effort He made a half-hearted attempt to find our luggage: one phone call.

too (something) by half

Far too something; added article than is necessary. Used in the form, "too (something) by half." Primarily heard in UK. Liam is too able by half, acceptable every agitation he gets into. That adolescent is too blatant by half!Learn more: by, half

too clever, quick, etc. by ˈhalf

(British English, informal, disapproving) abundant too clever, quick, etc: That boy is too absorbing by bisected — he can get you to do annihilation he wants. ♢ I don’t like her at all — she’s too able by half.Learn more: by, half

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