H
Idioms beginning with "H"
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[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 half-and-half.
* /The show last night was neither very good nor very poor — just […]
[half-and-half] (2) {n.}
A mixture of milk and cream in equal parts, used with cereal or coffee.
John uses half-and-half with his cereal, but his wife, who is dieting, uses milk.
[half-baked] {adj.}, {informal}
Not thought out or studied thoroughly; not worth considering or accepting.
We wish Tom would not take our time at meetings to offer his half-baked ideas.
* /We cannot afford to put the government in the hands of […]
[half-hearted] {adj.}
Lacking enthusiasm or interest.
Phil made several half-hearted attempts to learn word processing, but we could see that he didn't really like it.
[half-holiday] {n.}
A day on which you get out of school or work in the afternoon.
The principal said that Tuesday would be a half-holiday.
[half-time] {n.}
A rest period in the middle of certain games.
I saw Henry at the football game and I went over and talked to him at half-time.
The pep squad put on a drill at half-time when we played basketball with our old rivals.
[ham actor] {n. phr.}, {slang}
An untalented actor; someone who tries so hard to act that his performance becomes foolishly exaggerated.
Fred is a ham actor who, instead of memorizing his lines, keeps moving around in a ridiculous way.
[ham it up] {v. phr.}, {slang}
To do more than look natural in acting a part; pretend too much; exaggerate.
When Tom told the teacher he was too sick to do homework, he really hammed it up.
* /The old-fashioned movies are funny to us because the […]