not half

phrase

1

: not nearly

He's not half the fool you think he is.

an aging baseball player who is not half the hitter he once was

2

British, informal

—used to emphasize a statement or description

She doesn't half swear! So vulgar I hate to listen to her.

It's not half cold today so bundle up!

Examples of not half in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The accommodations in the German POW camp are not half bad and the company is great. — Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 18 July 2026

Projects approved under the law in such small cities must be within a quarter-mile of a transit stop, not half a mile. — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2025

That’s not half bad for an IT guy whose main job is in automating workplace systems. — IEEE Spectrum, 18 Oct. 2016

Rhymes for not half

• behalf
• carafe
• distaff
• falstaff
• giraffe
• autograph
• biograph
• cenotaph
• chronograph
• epigraph
• epitaph
• hodograph