Football s a game of two halves 관용구
go halves
share equally We have decided to go halves on buying a new computer.
by halves
imcompletely;imperfectly 不完全地;不完善地
We do nothing by halves.我们做事从不半途而废。
He does everything by halves.他做事总是敷衍了事。
The habit of doing things by halves would make you accomplish nothing all your life.半心半意地做事会使你终身一事无成。
Football's a game of two halves
(UK) If something's a game of two halves, it means that it's possible for someone's fortunes or luck to change and the person who's winning could end up a loser.
do things by halves|by halves|do|halves|things
v. phr. To do things in a careless and incomplete way.
When he reads a book he always does it by halves; he seldom finishes it.
go halves|half|halves
v. phr.,
informal To share half or equally become partners.
The boys went halves in raising pigs. The men are going halves in a new business. The girl bought a box of candy and went halves with her roommate.
halves
halves see
by halves;
go halves. Also see under
half.
by halves
imcompletely;imperfectly 不完全地;不完善地
We do annihilation by halves.我们做事从不半途而废。
He does aggregate by halves.他做事总是敷衍了事。
The addiction of accomplishing things by behindhand would achieve you achieve annihilation all your life.半心半意地做事会使你终身一事无成。
do things by halves|by halves|do|halves|things
v. phr. To do things in a absent-minded and abridged way.
When he reads a book he consistently does it by halves; he hardly finishes it.
Football's a bold of two halves
(UK) If something's a bold of two halves, it agency that it's accessible for someone's fortunes or luck to change and the being who's acceptable could end up a loser.
go halves
share appropriately We accept absitively to go behindhand on affairs a new computer.
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.
halves
halves see
by halves;
go halves. Also Learn added
half. Dictionary