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not half

  (British & Australian informal)

something that you say in order to emphasize an opinion or a statement He didn't half eat a lot. She isn't half brave, your sister.

See:

• (not) half the person/man/woman (one) used to be
• (one's) other half
• a half-wit
• all over creation
• all over Hell and half of Georgia
• all over hell's half acre
• and a half
• at half-mast
• baker's half dozen
• be at half-mast
• be half bad
• be half the (something) (one) used to be
• be half the [dancer etc.] used to be
• be half the battle
• be half the battle (won)
• be half-cut
• be half-dead
• be not half bad
• be too clever by half
• Believe nothing of what you hear, and only half of what you see
• better half
• by half
• Cheap at half the price!
• getting there is half the fun
• given half a chance
• glass is half full, the
• glass-half-empty
• glass-half-full
• go off
• go off at half-cock
• go off half-cocked
• half
• half a bubble off plumb
• half a dozen
• half a heart, with
• half a loaf
• half a loaf is better than no bread
• half a loaf is better than no loaf
• Half a loaf is better than none
• half a mind
• half again as
• half again as many
• half again as much
• half in the bag
• half of it
• half seas over
• half term
• half the battle
• half the time
• Half the truth is often a whole lie
• Half the world knows not how the other half lives
• half under
• half up the pole
• half-arsed
• half-ass
• half-assed
• half-baked
• half-blind
• half-canned
• half-cocked
• half-crocked
• half-hearted
• half-lit
• half-naked
• half-pint
• half-sprung
• half-stewed
• half-under
• halfway house
• half-wit
• Hang on a mo
• have half a mind
• have half a mind to
• have half a notion to do
• have half an ear on
• have half an eye on
• Hell and half of Georgia
• how the other half lives
• howdy and a half
• in half
• Is the glass half empty or half full?
• It's six of one, half a dozen of another
• know the half of it
• meet trouble halfway
• not bad
• not half
• not half bad
• Not half!
• not the half of
• not the half of it
• one half of the world does not know how the other half lives
• one’s better half
• one's better half
• rip in half
• see the glass half empty
• see the glass half full
• see with half an eye
• six in one, (and) half a dozen in the other
• six of one and half a dozen of the other
• six of one, half a dozen of the other
• That was a [game etc.] and a half!
• the glass is half empty
• the glass is half full
• the half is better than the whole
• the half of it
• time and a half
• too clever by half
• Well begun is half done
• with half a heart
• without half trying
• You don’t know the half of it
• You don't know the half of it