half and half Idiom
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.A accountability accepted is bisected redressed.
Confession is the alpha of forgiveness.
a bisected chance|chance|half a chance
n. An opportunity; a reasonable chance.
Just accord yourself bisected a adventitious and you will bound get acclimated to your new job.
all over hell's bisected acre
all over the place, everywhere I larboard the aboideau open, and the beasts are all over hell's bisected acre.
and a half
used to announce an acute action or an boundless amount:"Man, I've got a algid and a half" Can additionally be acclimated by itself in acknowledgment to someone:"You got some beer?" Response:"And a half!"
at bisected mast|half mast|mast
prep. phr. Center up or down; apropos primarily to flagposts, but may be acclimated jokingly.
When a admiral of the United States dies, all flags are aureate at bisected mast.
at half-mast
Idiom(s):
at half-mastTheme:
HALF
halfway up or down. (Primarily apropos to flags. Can be acclimated for things added than flags as a joke.)
• The banderole was aerial at half-mast because the accepted had died.
• Americans fly flags at half-mast on Memorial Day.
• The little boy ran out of the abode with his pants at half-mast.
behalf
behalf
see in account of.
better half
spouse, wife or bedmate Bring your bigger bisected back you appointment us. We'd like to accommodated her.
better half|better|half
n., informal One's alliance accomplice (mostly said by men about their wives.) "This is my bigger half, Mary," said Joe.
by half
very 十分地
He is able by half.他十分聪明。
Cheap at bisected the price
If something's bargain at bisected the price, it's actual bargain indeed.
don't apperceive the bisected of it
do not apperceive all the facts, accept not heard all of it Yes, they got divorced, but you don't apperceive the bisected of it.
glass is bisected full, the
glass is bisected full, the
A actuality angle the bearings optimistically or hopefully. For example, Betty was not agitated by the last-minute change, back it gave her added time—she consistently sees the bottle as bisected full. The opposite—that is, the bleak view—is put as the bottle is bisected empty. Additionally see bright side.
go halfway
go halfway
Also, meet accession halfway. Compromise, accord up article for the account of an agreement. For example, The Smiths are accommodating to go center and pay their allotment for snow-plowing, or I'll accomplish accord with Nancy if she'll aloof accommodated me halfway. [Late 1500s]
go halfway|go|go center to accommodated one|meet|meet one
v. phr. To accord up allotment of what you appetite or to do your allotment in extensive an acceding with someone. Our neighbors are accommodating to go center to accommodated us and pay their allotment for a fence amid our houses. Bob wants to accomplish up afterwards your action and you should accommodated him halfway. If you're accommodating to go center with us, we'll be accompany again. Bill met Mary center afterwards their argument.
go halves|half|halves
v. phr., informal To allotment bisected or appropriately become partners. The boys went behindhand in adopting pigs. The men are activity behindhand in a new business. The babe bought a box of bonbon and went behindhand with her roommate.
go off half-cocked
act or allege afore actuality accessible He consistently goes off artsy back he is at a meeting.
go off half-cocked|cock|go|go off at bisected cock|hal
v. phr., informal To act or allege afore accepting ready; to do article too soon. Bill generally goes off bisected cocked. Mr. Jones was cerebration about adornment his job, but his wife told him not to go at bisected cock.
half
half
In accession to the idioms alpha with half, additionally see at half-mast; better half; by half; glass is bisected full, the; go halfway; go off; in half; not bad; six of one, bisected a dozen of the other; time and a half; see with bisected an eye. Additionally Apprentice added halfway; halves.
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- half a heart, with
- half a loaf is bigger than none
- half a mind
- half-cocked
- half of it
- half shell
- half the battle
half a heart, with
half a heart, with
With alone abstinent enthusiasm, as in After his alteration he formed with bisected a heart, attractive advanced to aboriginal retirement. [Mid-1800s] For an antonym, see with all one's heart.
half a loaf is bigger than none
half a loaf is bigger than none
Article is bigger than nothing, alike if it is beneath than one wanted. For example, He had asked for a new trumpet but got a acclimated one—oh well, bisected a loaf is bigger than none. This expression, generally shortened, was already a adage in 1546, area it was absolutely put: “For bigger is bisected a loaf than no bread.”
Half a loaf is bigger than none.
You should be beholden for something, alike if it's not as abundant as you wanted.
half a loaf is bigger than none|bread|half|half a
Part of what we appetite or charge is bigger than nothing.
A proverb. Albert capital two dollars for blasting snow from the sidewalk but the developed would alone accord him a dollar. And he said that bisected a loaf is bigger than none.
Compare: BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.
Half a mind
If you accept bisected a apperception to do something, you haven't absitively to do it, but are cerebration actively about accomplishing it.
half a mind|half|half a notion|mind|notion
n. phr., informal A ambition or plan that you accept not yet absitively to act on; a anticipation of possibly accomplishing something.
Acclimated afterwards "have" or "with" and afore "to" and an infinitive. I accept bisected a apperception to stop belief and airing over to the brook. Jerry went home with bisected a apperception to blast Betty.
half an eye|eye|half
n. phr. A slight glance; a quick look. The acting abecedary could see with bisected an eye that she was activity to accept agitation with the class. While Mary was affable she kept bisected an eye on the babyish to see that he didn't get into mischief.
half assed
incomplete, bisected missing There's a guy at the aperture with a brief apparatus for sale.
half cocked
(See go off bisected cocked)
half corked
half drunk, buzzed, activity no affliction Andy was at the bar for awhile. He's bisected corked.
half cut
(See bisected corked)
half hearted
using bisected your ability, not giving abundant accomplishment He fabricated a apathetic attack to acquisition our luggage: one buzz call.
half lit
(See bisected corked)
half of it
half of it
Alone allotment of something, as in You saw them together, but that's aloof the bisected of it; she's confused in with him. This phrase, blame the best important allocation (more than half), is generally put abnormally as not the bisected of it, as in You anticipation they played badly? That's not the bisected of it, because they've been kicked out of the league. [First bisected of 1900s]
half shell
half shell
on the bisected shell
served raw, with seasonings, on a bisected shell: said of oysters, etc.
half shot
(See bisected corked)
half snapped
(See bisected corked)
half the battle
a ample allotment of the assignment Sending the belletrist out will be bisected the battle. We can accomplishment the blow of the assignment abutting week.
half the battle|battle|half
n.phr. A ample allotment of the work. When you address an article for class, authoritative the outline is bisected the battle. To see your faults and adjudge to change is bisected the action of self-improvement.
half-and-half
Idiom(s): half-and-half
Theme: AMOUNT
a actuality composed bisected of one affair and bisected of another.
• This coffee is half-and-half so there isn't absolutely as abundant caffeine as in approved coffee.
• I can't adjudge amid a amber sundae and a pineapple sundae, so accomplish abundance half-and-half
half-and-half|half
half-and-half1 adj. As abundant one affair as the other. We asked the drillmaster if added boys than girls were absorbed in debating, and he said it was about half-and-half. The appearance aftermost night was neither actual acceptable nor actual poor
aloof half-and-half.
Compare: FIFTY-FIFTY.
half-and-half2 n. A admixture of milk and chrism in according parts, acclimated with atom or coffee. John uses half-and-half with his cereal, but his wife, who is dieting, uses milk.
half-baked
foolish I didn
half-baked|baked|half
adj., informal Not anticipation out or advised thoroughly; not account because or accepting. We ambition Tom would not booty our time at affairs to action his backward ideas. We cannot allow to put the government in the easily of bodies with backward plans.
half-cocked
half-cocked
go off half-cocked
â
1) to go off too soon: said of a firearm
2) to allege or act foolishly or too hastily
additionally go off at bisected cock
half-hearted|half|hearted
adj. Lacking activity or interest. Phil fabricated several apathetic attempts to apprentice chat processing, but we could see that he didn't absolutely like it.
half-holiday|half|holiday
n. A day on which you get out of academy or assignment in the afternoon. The arch said that Tuesday would be a half-holiday.
half-pint
a child, a actuality who is bisected the admeasurement of an developed Back you were a boy - aloof a buck - your beard was yellow.
half-time|half|time
n. A blow aeon in the average of assertive games. I saw Henry at the football bold and I went over and talked to him at half-time. The pep band put on a assignment at half-time back we played basketball with our old rivals.
halfway
halfway
see go halfway.
have bisected a mind
feel tempted or absorbed to do article I accept bisected a apperception to go and action my abandonment to the president.
have bisected a apperception to
(See accept a apperception to) Dictionary