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half a mind

half a mind also half a notion {n. phr.}, {informal}

A wish or plan that you have not yet decided to act on; a thought of possibly doing something. — Used after "have" or "with" and before "to" and an infinitive.

I have half a mind to stop studying and walk over to the brook.

Jerry went home with half a mind to telephone Betty.

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mind

[mind] See: [CROSS ONE'S MIND] or [PASS THROUGH ONE'S MIND], [GIVE A PIECE OF ONE'S MIND], [HALF A MIND], [IN MIND], [IN ONE'S MIND'S EYE], [MAKE UP ONE'S MIND], [NEVER […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

half-and-half

[half-and-half] (1) {adj.} As much one thing as the other. * /We asked the coach if more boys than girls were interested in debating, and he said it was about […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

half

[half] See: [GO HALVES], [GO OFF HALF-COCKED] also [GO OFF AT HALF COCK], [IN HALF], [SIX OF ONE AND HALF-A-DOZEN OF THE OTHER], [TIME AND A HALF], [TOO-BY HALF]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

in half

[in half] {adv. phr.} 1. Into two equal parts. * /The ticket taker at the football game tore the tickets in half./ * /Mother cut the apple in half so […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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