and a half

idiom

1

—used in measurements of time, distance, weight, etc., to indicate one half of the stated unit of measurement

My daughter is two and a half (years old).

The fish was a foot and a half long.

weighs ten and a half pounds

2

informal

—used to say that something is very good, large, difficult, etc.

That was a meal and a half!

Renovating a house is a job and a half.

Examples of and a half in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The two leaders will meet at a major U.S. military base in Anchorage later on Friday, in part to discuss an end to more than three and a half years of full-scale war that have ravaged eastern Europe since Moscow invaded its neighbor in early 2022. —Ellie Cook john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025

Negotiations between the two parties for a new collective agreement have been ongoing for more than a year and a half. —Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 15 Aug. 2025

Geopolitical impact After three and a half years of war, there's certainly a desire that the fighting in Ukraine comes to an end. —Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2025

The vampire thriller Sinners premiered in theaters in April and landed on HBO Max two and a half months later, on July 4. —Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for and a half

• autograph
• biograph
• cenotaph
• chronograph
• epigraph
• epitaph
• hodograph
• holograph
• hydrograph
• lithograph
• micrograph
• monograph