Meaning: behalf

bɪ'hɑːf
n.
as the agent of or on someone's part (usually expressed as "on behalf of" rather than "in behalf of")for someone's benefit (usually expressed as `in behalf' rather than `on behalf' and usually with a possessive)

too something by half Idiom, Proverb

all over hell's half acre

all over the place, everywhere I left the gate open, and the cows are all over hell's half acre.

better half

spouse, wife or husband Bring your better half when you visit us. We'd like to meet her.

don't know the half of it

do not know all the facts, have not heard all of it Yes, they got divorced, but you don't know the half of it.

go off half-cocked

act or speak before being ready He always goes off half-cocked when he is at a meeting.

half assed

incomplete, half missing There's a guy at the door with a half-assed invention for sale.

half-baked

foolish I didn

half cocked

(See go off half cocked)

half corked

half drunk, buzzed, feeling no pain Andy was at the bar for awhile. He's half corked.

half cut

(See half corked)

half hearted

using half your ability, not giving enough effort He made a half-hearted attempt to find our luggage: one phone call.

too (something) by half

Far too something; added article than is necessary. Acclimated in the form, "too (something) by half." Primarily heard in UK. Liam is too able by half, acceptable every agitation he gets into. That adolescent is too blatant by half!Learn more: by, half

too — by half

acclimated to accent article bad. British 1994 Independent on Sunday The abstraction that affective a few pot plants about a allowance can accompany its addressee abundance and well-being…seems too awesome by half. Learn more: by, half, something

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hairdo hale and hearty hale fellow, well met half assed half-baked half cocked half corked half cut half hearted half lit half-pint half shot half snapped half the battle ham ham hands ham it up too hot to hold (someone) too hot to hold you too little too late too little, too late too long; didn't read too many balls in the air too many chefs in the kitchen too many chiefs and not enough Indians too many cooks too many cooks in the kitchen too many cooks spoil the broth too many cooks spoil the soup too many cooks spoil the stew too many irons in the fire too much too much information too much like hard work too much of a good thing too much of anything is good for nothing too posh to push too rich for (one's) blood too rich for blood too rich for someone’s blood too right too right/true too something by half too true Toodle toodle-oo toodles tooey tooie took took the words right out of my mouth tookus tool tool around tool up tooling toonie toot toot (one's) own horn toot (one's) own trumpet toot one’s own horn toot sweet tooter tooth tooth and nail tooth and nail, fight/with tooth fairy toothpick