be half the battle

be half the battle (won)

to be the most difficult part of a process so that once you have completed this part, you have almost succeeded When you're training a dog, getting it to trust you is half the battle.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ashken	['æʃkən]
Cees	-	Dutch
Verochka	-	Russian
Filat	-	Russian
&Aelig;Lfgar	-	Anglo-Saxon
Anne (1)	AHN (French), AN (English), AN-ne (Danish), AHN-ne (Finnish), AH-nə (German), AHN-nə (Dutch)	French, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, German, Dutch, Basque