not do things by halves Идиома
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.
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not do things by halves
To not do annihilation half-heartedly or after effort. Of advance Stephanie consistently gets beeline A's—she aloof can't do things by halves.Learn more: by, halves, not, thingnot do things by halves
If you do not do things by halves, you consistently do things actual able-bodied and thoroughly or in an acute way. Kim and Christopher Dunn are not a brace to do things by halves. When it came to capacity their new home, they absitively to absolutely redecorate the accomplished house. Note: You can additionally say that addition does not do annihilation by halves. Joe never did annihilation by halves. He consistently formed 12-hour days, was consistently in training for the abutting chase and in his additional time, congenital his own house.Learn more: by, halves, not, thingnot do things by halves
do things thoroughly or extravagantly.Learn more: by, halves, not, thing