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1 do things by halves
(to do things in an incomplete way: He never does things by halves.) ficar pela metade -
2 do things by halves
(to do things in an incomplete way: He never does things by halves.) fazer as coisas pela metadeEnglish-Portuguese (Brazil) dictionary > do things by halves
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3 he does things by halves
he does things by halvesele faz as coisas pela metade. -
4 half
1. plural - halves; noun1) (one of two equal parts of anything: He tried to stick the two halves together again; half a kilo of sugar; a kilo and a half of sugar; one and a half kilos of sugar.) metade2) (one of two equal parts of a game (eg in football, hockey) usually with a break between them: The Rangers scored three goals in the first half.) tempo2. adjective1) (being (equal to) one of two equal parts (of something): a half bottle of wine.) meio2) (being made up of two things in equal parts: A centaur is a mythical creature, half man and half horse.) metade3) (not full or complete: a half smile.) meio3. adverb1) (to the extent of one half: This cup is only half full; It's half empty.) meio2) (almost; partly: I'm half hoping he won't come; half dead from hunger.) quase•- half-- halve
- half-and-half
- half-back
- half-brother
- half-sister
- half-caste
- half-hearted
- half-heartedly
- half-heartedness
- half-holiday
- half-hourly
- half-term
- half-time
- half-way
- half-wit
- half-witted
- half-yearly
- at half mast
- by half
- do things by halves
- go halves with
- half past three
- four
- seven
- in half
- not half* * *[ha:f; hæf] n (pl halves) 1 metade, meio. 2 semestre. 3 Sport tempo, parte. the first half is over / o primeiro tempo terminou. • adj 1 meio. 2 bastante, quase. 3 incompleto, parcial. • adv 1 meio, em parte, parcialmente. 2 consideravelmente. half a dozen meia dúzia. half an hour meia hora. half as broad again vez e meia de largura. half past four quatro e meia. he does things by halves ele faz as coisas pela metade. I liked it half and half gostei mais ou menos. let us go by halves vamos fazer o negócio meio a meio. my better half minha esposa, meu marido. too clever by half astuto, manhoso. -
5 half
1. plural - halves; noun1) (one of two equal parts of anything: He tried to stick the two halves together again; half a kilo of sugar; a kilo and a half of sugar; one and a half kilos of sugar.) metade, meio2) (one of two equal parts of a game (eg in football, hockey) usually with a break between them: The Rangers scored three goals in the first half.) primeiro/segundo tempo2. adjective1) (being (equal to) one of two equal parts (of something): a half bottle of wine.) meio2) (being made up of two things in equal parts: A centaur is a mythical creature, half man and half horse.) meio3) (not full or complete: a half smile.) meio3. adverb1) (to the extent of one half: This cup is only half full; It's half empty.) meio2) (almost; partly: I'm half hoping he won't come; half dead from hunger.) meio•- half-- halve - half-and-half - half-back - half-brother - half-sister - half-caste - half-hearted - half-heartedly - half-heartedness - half-holiday - half-hourly - half-term - half-time - half-way - half-wit - half-witted - half-yearly - at half mast - by half - do things by halves - go halves with - half past three - four - seven - in half - not half
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do things by halves — (not) do anything/things by halves if you do not do things by halves, you always make a lot of effort and do things very well. I didn t realise you were decorating the whole house! Oh, we don t do things by halves round here … New idioms dictionary
not do things by halves — (not) do anything/things by halves if you do not do things by halves, you always make a lot of effort and do things very well. I didn t realise you were decorating the whole house! Oh, we don t do things by halves round here … New idioms dictionary
never do things by halves — not/never do things by halves INFORMAL ► to always put as much effort and enthusiasm into doing things as possible in order to achieve success: »You have to admire her determination she never does things by halves. Main Entry: ↑halves … Financial and business terms
not do things by halves — not/never do things by halves INFORMAL ► to always put as much effort and enthusiasm into doing things as possible in order to achieve success: »You have to admire her determination she never does things by halves. Main Entry: ↑halves … Financial and business terms
not/never do things by halves — INFORMAL ► to always put as much effort and enthusiasm into doing things as possible in order to achieve success: »You have to admire her determination she never does things by halves. Main Entry: ↑halves … Financial and business terms
not do things by halves — ► not do things by halves do things thoroughly or extravagantly. Main Entry: ↑half … English terms dictionary
do things by halves — {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./ … Dictionary of American idioms
do things by halves — {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./ … Dictionary of American idioms
do\ things\ by\ halves — 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 … Словарь американских идиом
halves — [hɑːvz ǁ hævz] adverb go halves informal to share something equally: • We decided to go halves on the investment. * * * halves UK US /hɑːvz/ US /hævz/ noun [plural] ● not/never do things by halves Cf. not/never do things by halves … Financial and business terms
not do things by halves — not do things/anything/by halves phrase to do things very thoroughly and with a lot of energy He’ll throw a great party – he doesn’t do anything by halves. Thesaurus: to do something well or better than someone elsesynonym Main entry … Useful english dictionary