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
Theophilusthee-AHF-ə-ləs (English)Biblical, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Daryna-Ukrainian
KornÉLKOR-naylHungarian
HeraklesHER-ə-kleez (English)Greek Mythology
Baladeva-Hinduism
Maud[mɔd]