Смысл: behalf

behalf[bıʹhɑ:f]
n
<Í> в сочетаниях:
1.:
in behalf of - уст. для; ради; в пользу; в защиту
in my [his, her] behalf - в моих [его, её] интересах
in behalf of oppressed peoples - в защиту /в интересах/ угнетённых народов
to speak /to plead/ in behalf of smb.'s case - выступать в защиту кого-л., высказываться в чью-л. пользу
2.:
on behalf (of) - от лица, от имени (кого-л.)
for and on behalf of N. - юр. за и от имени N. (перед подписями лиц, законно уполномоченных подписываться за кого-л.)
to speak on behalf of all progressive men and women - выступать от лица всех прогрессивных людей
I am speaking on my husband's behalf - я говорю от имени своего мужа
3.:
in this /that/ behalf - уст., юр. в этом отношении; по этому вопросу
a statute in that behalf - закон о том же

be too clever by half Идиома

all over hell's half acre

all over the place, everywhere I left the gate open, and the cows are all over hell's half acre.

better half

spouse, wife or husband Bring your better half when you visit us. We'd like to meet her.

don't know the half of it

do not know all the facts, have not heard all of it Yes, they got divorced, but you don't know the half of it.

go off half-cocked

act or speak before being ready He always goes off half-cocked when he is at a meeting.

half assed

incomplete, half missing There's a guy at the door with a half-assed invention for sale.

half-baked

foolish I didn

half cocked

(See go off half cocked)

half corked

half drunk, buzzed, feeling no pain Andy was at the bar for awhile. He's half corked.

half cut

(See half corked)

half hearted

using half your ability, not giving enough effort He made a half-hearted attempt to find our luggage: one phone call.

be too able by half

To be too apish or aloof in one's ability or intelligence, to the point of actuality acid to others. Primarily heard in UK. I anticipate every boyish goes through a date of actuality too able by half, cerebration of themselves as the alone being who has things absolutely ample out. The phones bodies use these canicule are all too able by half—I can almost alike use them to accomplish buzz calls!Learn more: by, clever, half

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hairdo hale and hearty hale fellow, well met half assed half-baked half cocked half corked half cut half hearted half lit half-pint half shot half snapped half the battle ham ham hands ham it up be tickets (for someone or something) be tickled pink be tickled to death be tied (up) in knots be tied to (one's) mother's apron strings be tied to (something's) apron strings be tied to something's apron strings be tied to your mother's apron strings be tight-arsed be tight-assed be tight-lipped be tipping (it) down be tired and emotional be tired of (something) be tired to death of (something) be to be expected be to blame be to do with (something) be to the good be toast be toes up be togged out (in something) be togged out/up be togged up (in something) be too be too clever by half be too many for be too many for (someone) be too much be too much (for one) be torn between be torqued off be touch-and-go be touched by (something) be touched with (something) be touched with something be touching cloth be touching cotton be tough be tough on (someone or something) be trapped in a time warp be treading on eggshells be turfed be turfed out be twice the man or woman that someone is be twice the man/woman be twice the man/woman that (someone) is be twiddling (one's) thumbs be twiddling your thumbs be two a penny be two sides of the same coin