be a game of two halves イディオム
go halves
share equally We have decided to go halves on buying a new computer.
by halves
imcompletely;imperfectly 不完全地;不完善地
We do nothing by halves.我们做事从不半途而废。
He does everything by halves.他做事总是敷衍了事。
The habit of doing things by halves would make you accomplish nothing all your life.半心半意地做事会使你终身一事无成。
Football's a game of two halves
(UK) If something's a game of two halves, it means that it's possible for someone's fortunes or luck to change and the person who's winning could end up a loser.
do things by halves|by halves|do|halves|things
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.
go halves|half|halves
v. phr.,
informal To share half or equally become partners.
The boys went halves in raising pigs. The men are going halves in a new business. The girl bought a box of candy and went halves with her roommate.
halves
halves see
by halves;
go halves. Also see under
half.
be a bold of two halves
sports cliché In football (soccer), to accept one aggregation outplay the added in the aboriginal bisected of the game, alone to be outplayed themselves in the additional half. Used abnormally in sports advertisement and analysis. In a beauteous conclusion, Barcelona has affected a four-goal arrears at half-time to defeat Real Madrid! It absolutely was a bold of two halves.Learn more: game, halves, of, two