not half bad



(It's) not half bad.

It's not as bad as one might have thought. Mary: How do you like this play? Jane: Not half bad. Jane: Well, how do you like college? Fred: It's not half bad.
See also: bad, half, not

not half bad

(spoken)
almost good He didn't look half bad by the time he'd had a bath and put on clean clothes.
Related vocabulary: not bad
See also: bad, half, not

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Lorea-Basque
Jessie (1)JES-eeScottish, English
JaymaJAY-məEnglish (Rare)
Rebeccanne-English (Rare)
Tom[tɔm]
Shyamala-Tamil, Indian, Telugu, Marathi