Expressions (A–Z)

H

• Half Coffee, Half Tea

  (slang) Figuratively: a compromise arising from an inability to make a decision.

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• Half Dead

  (slang) Figuratively: very tired and unable to function.

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• Half Free

  See: “half free.”

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• Half His Desire Is in His Hand

  A person never leaves this world with even half his desires fulfilled.

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• Half Kaddish

  See: "Kaddish for an orphan."

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• Half of a Threshing Floor

  See: "a round half-threshing-floor."

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• Half voice

  Figuratively: in a whisper; in slow, weak speech (see also "half mouth").

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• Half Work

  Figuratively: work that is not complete; flawed execution.

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• Half-Asleep

  (slang) figuratively: drowsy; very tired. “Neither asleep nor awake.”

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  half-baked

  Figuratively: not finished. Still unripe. Needs further refinement.

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