half (redirected from didn't do things by halves)

not half  (British & Australian informal)

something that you say in order to emphasize an opinion or a statement He didn't half eat a lot. She isn't half brave, your sister.

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a half-wit all over creation and a half at half-mast be at half-mast be half bad be half the [dancer etc.] used to be be half the battle be half-cut be half-dead be too clever by half Believe nothing of what you hear, and only half of what you see better half Cheap at half the price! getting there is half the fun given half a chance go off at half-cock go off half-cocked half

half a bubble off plumb half a dozen half a loaf Half a loaf is better than none half in the bag half the battle half the time Half the truth is often a whole lie Half the world knows not how the other half lives half under half-arsed half-baked half-hearted Hang on a mo have half a mind have half a mind to have half a notion to do have half an ear on have half an eye on

how the other half lives howdy and a half It's six of one, half a dozen of another know the half of it not half bad Not half! not the half of it one's better half rip in half see the glass half empty see the glass half full six of one and half a dozen of the other six of one, half a dozen of the other That was a [game etc.] and a half! Well begun is half done without half trying You don't know the half of it