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

Gavilan is from Buffalo, Minnesota, about an hour outside of Minneapolis, and around seven and a half hours away from Lawrence. —Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 7 Jan. 2026

Brian Pippitt, who had his sentence commuted after two and a half decades in prison, has been released from prison. —Aki Nace, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026

And then two years ago at our World Cup opener in Ruca, this happened, a can and a half from the finish. —Outside Online, 7 Jan. 2026

Tasha Goldman’s son Jonah, 8, a second-grader, has been working with Skolnik for a year and a half. —Amy Stark Shireman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for and a half

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