not half bad
idiom
informal
: surprisingly good
Her singing was not half bad.
It's a nice place. The food there is not half bad.
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That’s not half bad.
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Erik Kain, Forbes, 19 July 2022
That’s not half bad!
—Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 14 Jan. 2021
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Erik Kain, Forbes, 19 July 2022
That’s not half bad!
—Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 14 Jan. 2021
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“Not half bad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20half%20bad. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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