half as big/much/good as

idiom

—used to say that the size, amount, or quality of one thing is half or nearly half that of another

The bush is half as tall as the tree.

This dress costs half as much as that one.

If 100 people were expected and 50 came, only half as many people came as were expected.

If he can play the guitar half as well as he can sing, he should have quite a career.

Examples of half as big/much/good as in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This new policy confused customers with Gold Star Membership, which costs half as much as the Executive Membership. —Rachel Raposas, People.com, 1 Aug. 2025

So do the units rent for half as much as a 600-square-foot apartment? —Kate Talerico, Mercury News, 14 July 2025

Income growth for these households has also lagged, rising 0.37% per year during the same period — less than half as much as for the top 40% of earners, the group found. —Alain Sherter, CBS News, 13 May 2025

These three companies combined make nearly half as much as the entire $32 billion in sales the U.S. cannabis industry posted in 2024. —Will Yakowicz, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025