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Charles the First walked and talked Half an hour after his head was cut off.казнить нельзя помиловать (О пользе запятых xx007)
cheap at half the priceвтридорога (Deliberate transformation of a street trader's cry, "cheap at twice the price' (informing customers that what he was selling would still be cheap even if it cost twice as much), into 'cheap at half the price" which would imply that the price was excessive. wiktionary.org Abysslooker)
half is more than the wholeхорошая половина лучше плохого целого (13.05)
half the battleполовина успеха (Andrey Truhachev)
is the glass half full or half emptyриторическая оценка ситуации оптимистическая или пессимистическая оптимистическая или пессимистическая a common expression, generally used rhetorically to indicate that a particular situation could be a cause for optimism half full or pessimism (half empty Val_Ships)
is the glass half full or half emptyриторическая оценка ситуации (оптимистическая или пессимистическая) a common expression, generally used rhetorically to indicate that a particular situation could be a cause for optimism (half full) or pessimism (half empty Val_Ships)
is the glass half-full or half-empty?стакан наполовину пуст или наполовину полон (Andrey Truhachev)
it's half the battleпол дела (Yeldar Azanbayev)
it's six of one and half a dozen of the otherоба хороши (of two people or groups equally responsible for a bad situation: Do you think Anne or Brian is to blame for their break-up? It's six of one and half a dozen of the other Bob_cat)
not to have half the ghost of a chanceне иметь никаких шансов (Taras)
not to have half the ghost of a chanceне иметь никакой возможности (Taras)
six of one and half a dozen of the otherодним миром мазаны (Yeldar Azanbayev)
six of one and half a dozen of the otherодного поля ягоды (Yeldar Azanbayev)
That's how the other half lives!Живут же люди! (42admirer)

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