half-and-half(1)

[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./

Compare: FIFTY-FIFTY.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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