not half bad

English

Etymology

Variant of not bad. Cf. also not half.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

not half bad (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic, litotes) Pretty good, imperfect but more than OK.

   It was his first attempt at cooking, but I tried it and it was not half bad.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:satisfactory

Translations

imperfect but more than OK

• German: halb so schlimm
• Russian: не тако́й уж плохо́й m (ne takój už ploxój)