not half as bad as

not half as bad as
used for emphasizing that one person or thing is not nearly as good bad etc as another

I never thought that Chaplin was half as funny as Buster Keaton.

Thesaurus: ways of emphasizing how good or bad something issynonym
Main entry: half

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  • not half bad — (informal) Pretty good, excellent • • • Main Entry: ↑bad * * * not half bad spoken phrase used for saying that someone or something is good, especially when they are better than you expected them to be It’s one of the cheapest printers around,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • not\ half\ bad — • not (so) bad • not half bad adj informal Pretty good; all right; good enough. The party last night was not bad. It was not so bad, as inexpensive vacations go. The show was not half bad …   Словарь американских идиом

  • not half — (slang) 1. Not moderately 2. Not even half 3. Not at all 4. Very much, exceedingly • • • Main Entry: ↑half * * * not half british spoken phrase used for emphas …   Useful english dictionary

  • not half as good as — not half as good/bad/much/etc as phrase used for emphasizing that one person or thing is not nearly as good bad etc as another I never thought that Chaplin was half as funny as Buster Keaton. Thesaurus: ways of emphasizing how good or bad… …   Useful english dictionary

  • not half as much as — not half as good/bad/much/etc as phrase used for emphasizing that one person or thing is not nearly as good bad etc as another I never thought that Chaplin was half as funny as Buster Keaton. Thesaurus: ways of emphasizing how good or bad… …   Useful english dictionary

  • not half bad — adjective Pretty good; okay; decent. It was his first attempt at cooking, but I tried it and it was not half bad …   Wiktionary

  • not half bad — quite good, better than expected    Have you seen Honey, I Ate The Kids? It s not half bad, actually …   English idioms

  • not (half, so, or too) bad — idi not (half, so, or too) bad, somewhat good; tolerable …   From formal English to slang

  • Not half — 1. not really; not at all: His first poems were not half bad ; 2. certainly! indeed! …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • not half — Australian Slang 1. not really; not at all: His first poems were not half bad ; 2. certainly! indeed! …   English dialects glossary

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