| Idiom | Meaning | Example |
| half-bad |
quite good, okay, ain't half-bad
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Here, have one of these chocolates. They aren't half-bad.
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| half-baked |
not well planned, not developed
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Satellite schools? Sounds like a half-baked idea to me.
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| half-cocked |
(See go off half-cocked)
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| half-corked |
half drunk, buzzed, feeling no pain
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Andy was at the bar for awhile. He's half-corked.
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| half-cut |
(See half-corked)
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| half-hearted |
using half your ability, not giving enough effort
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He made a half-hearted attempt to find our luggage: one phone call.
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| half-lit |
(See half-corked)
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| half-pint |
a child, a person who is half the size of an adult
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When you were a boy - just a half-pint - your hair was yellow.
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| half-shot |
(See half-corked)
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| half-snapped |
(See half-corked)
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