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111half — /hɑ:f/ noun one of two equal parts into which something is divided ● The first half of the agreement is acceptable. ♦ we share the profits half and half we share the profits equally ■ adjective divided into two parts ♦ half a percentage point… …
112better the devil you know than the devil you don’t know — Cf. 1539 R. TAVERNER tr. Erasmus’ Adages 48 Nota res mala, optima. An euyl thynge knowen is best. It is good kepyng of a shrew [a scolding or ill tempered woman] that a man knoweth; 1576 G. PETTIE Petit Palace 84 You had rather keepe those whom… …
113half a loaf is better than none — bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, half is better than none at all …
114better a century of tyranny than one day of chaos — Ibn Taymiyyah (or Taimiya) was a fourteenth century scholar of Damascus; this saying seems to have originated in his Kitāb al Siyasa al Shar’iya (Book of Divinely Ordered [literally, ‘Sharia’] Politics) written c 1311–15 (see quot. 1966). 1966 F …
115half a loaf is better than none — proverb it is better to accept less than one wants or expects than to have nothing at all …
116half-bound — adjective Date: 1768 of a book bound in material of two qualities with the material of better quality on the spine and corners • half binding noun …
117other half — noun 1. : a segment of the population radically different economically and often socially from that to which one belongs or with which a context is associated see how the other half lives especially : proletariat 2. : spouse * * * noun [singular] …
118someone's other half — someone’s other/better/half humorous phrase someone’s wife, husband, or partner Thesaurus: someone s husband, wife or partnerhyponym Main entry: half …
119List of characters in the Camp Half-Blood series — This is a list of characters in the Percy Jackson the Olympians series and in the The Heroes of Olympus series. Contents 1 Main characters 1.1 Perseus Jackson 1.2 Annabeth Chase …
120Alan Harper (Two and a Half Men) — This article is about the Two and a Half Men character. For other uses, see Alan Harper (disambiguation). Alan Harper Two and a Half Men character First appearance …