Terms for subject Idiomatic containing half ... half

English	Russian
A city that parleys is half gotten	Осаждённый город двоемыслен (ROGER YOUNG)
A city that parleys is half gotten	Город, желающий вступить в переговоры, на полпути к сдаче (ROGER YOUNG)
A danger foreseen is half avoided	Опасайся бёд, пока их нет (ROGER YOUNG)
A danger foreseen is half avoided	кто знает о надвигающейся опасности, тот наполовину избежал её (ROGER YOUNG)
A fault confessed is half redressed	Признанная вина наполовину искуплена (ROGER YOUNG)
A fault confessed is half redressed	за признание – половина наказания
a third to a half	процентов 30-50 (Beforeyouaccuseme)
all over hell's half acre	куда ни плюнь (Bartek2001)
all over hell's half acre	повсюду (Bartek2001)
always try to be a glass-half-full man	всегда стараться быть оптимистом (New York Times Alex_Odeychuk)
at half steam	вполовину
at half steam	в полмощности (...the heating system was usually running at half steam when it was not closed down altogether from motives of economy. 4uzhoj)
at half steam	вполсилы
at half-strength	вполсилы (grafleonov)
be half-listening	слушать вполуха (Ivan Pisarev)
Charles the First walked and talked Half an hour after his head was cut off.	казнить нельзя помиловать (О пользе запятых xx007)
cheap at half the price	втридорога (Deliberate transformation of a street trader's cry, "cheap at twice the price' (informing customers that what he was selling would still be cheap even if it cost twice as much), into 'cheap at half the price" which would imply that the price was excessive. wiktionary.org Abysslooker)
done half assed	сделанный "на тяп-ляп" (Alex_Odeychuk)
done half assed	сделанный через одно место (Alex_Odeychuk)
given half a chance	при первой же возможности (SirReal)
given half a chance	при каждой возможности (SirReal)
given half a chance	при любой возможности (SirReal)
glass-half-full man	оптимист (New York Times Alex_Odeychuk)
half a loaf is better than no bread	лучше что-то, чем ничего (Yeldar Azanbayev)
half a loaf is better than no bread	лучше полбуханки, чем ничего (Yeldar Azanbayev)
half in earnest, half in jest	полушутя, полусерьёзно (Andrey Truhachev)
half in earnest, half in jest	полушутя-полусерьёзно (Andrey Truhachev)
half is more than the whole	хорошая половина лучше плохого целого (13.05)
half seas over	под мухой
half the battle	половина успеха (Andrey Truhachev)
half-assedly	спустя рукава (I told you to clean your room thoroughly, meaning not half-assedly. VLZ_58)
half-cut	под мухой (Pickman)
half-empty	наполовину пуст (Andrey Truhachev)
half-full	наполовину полон (Andrey Truhachev)
half-heartedly	спустя рукава (work half-heartedly segu)
half-heartedly	вполсилы (grafleonov)
is the glass half full or half empty	риторическая оценка ситуации оптимистическая или пессимистическая оптимистическая или пессимистическая a common expression, generally used rhetorically to indicate that a particular situation could be a cause for optimism half full or pessimism (half empty Val_Ships)
is the glass half full or half empty	риторическая оценка ситуации (оптимистическая или пессимистическая) a common expression, generally used rhetorically to indicate that a particular situation could be a cause for optimism (half full) or pessimism (half empty Val_Ships)
is the glass half-full or half-empty?	стакан наполовину пуст или наполовину полон (Andrey Truhachev)
it's half the battle	пол дела (Yeldar Azanbayev)
it's six of one and half a dozen of the other	оба хороши (of two people or groups equally responsible for a bad situation • Do you think Anne or Brian is to blame for their break-up? It's six of one and half a dozen of the other Bob_cat)
not to have half the ghost of a chance	не иметь никаких шансов (Taras)
not to have half the ghost of a chance	не иметь никакой возможности (Taras)
not to take half-measures	не останавливаться на полумерах (Andrey Truhachev)
six of one and half a dozen of the other	одним миром мазаны (Yeldar Azanbayev)
six of one and half a dozen of the other	одного поля ягоды (Yeldar Azanbayev)
That's how the other half lives!	Живут же люди! (42admirer)