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hale and hearty
In very good health; well and strong.
Grandfather will be 80 years old tomorrow, but he is hale and hearty.
That little boy looks hale and hearty, as if he is never sick.
half a chance
An opportunity; a reasonable chance.
Just give yourself half a chance and you will quickly get used to your new job.
half a loaf is better than none
half a loaf is better than no bread
Part of what we want or need is better than nothing. A proverb.
Albert wanted two dollars for shoveling snow from the sidewalk but the lady would only give him a dollar. And he said that half a loaf is better than none.
half a mind
half a notion
A wish or plan that you have not yet decided to act on; a thought of possibly doing something. Used after have or with and before to and an infinitive.
I have half a mind to stop studying and walk over to the brook.
Jerry went home with half a mind to telephone Betty.
half an eye
A slight glance; a quick look.
The substitute teacher could see with half an eye that she was going to have trouble with the class.
While Mary was cooking she kept half an eye on the baby to see that he didn't get into mischief.
half the battle
A large part of the work.
To see your faults and decide to change is half the battle of self-improvement.
When you write an essay for class, making the outline is half the battle.
half-and-half
half and half
As much one thing as the other.
John uses half-and-half with his cereal, but his wife, who is dieting, uses milk.
The show last night was neither very good nor very poor - just half-and-half.
We asked the coach if more boys than girls were interested in debating, and he said it was about half-and-half.
A mixture of milk and cream in equal parts, used with cereal or coffee.
Half-and-half consists of a mixture of milk and cream which contains between 10.5 and 18 percent milkfat. It is pasteurized or ultra-pasteurized, and may be homogenized.
half-baked
Not thought out or studied thoroughly; not worth considering or accepting.
We cannot afford to put the government in the hands of people with half-baked plans.
We wish Tom would not take our time at meetings to offer his half-baked ideas.