have half a notion to do



have half a notion to do something

 and have half a mind to do something
Fig. to have almost decided to do something, especially something unpleasant. I have half a mind to go off and leave you here. The cook had half a notion to serve cold chicken.
See also: half, have, notion

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
A&Eth;Alsteinn-Icelandic, Ancient Scandinavian
KaylynnKAY-linEnglish (Modern)
Iria-Portuguese, Galician
Lucretia[lu:'kri:ʃjə]
Mared-Welsh
Ladislav-Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croatian