half and half

half and half
1. n phr
(half and half (тж. half-and-half))
1) смесь двух напитков в равных частях (особ. эль пополам с портером)

‘What do you want at this hour?’ And the drunken gentleman said, ‘I want me half and half.’ (J. O'Hara, ‘Ten North Frederick’, part I) — - что вам нужно в такой поздний час? - Виски пополам с водой, - ответил пьяный джентльмен.

2) человек смешанной расы
2. adj phr
(half and half (тж. half-and-half))
половина на половину, пополам, поровну

...his great-grandmother was Scottish, and his mother half and half. (D. Cusack, ‘Picnic Races’, ch. 8) — ...его прабабушка была шотландка, а мать наполовину австралийка.

‘Are you sorry for him?’ ‘Half and half.’ — - Вам жаль его? - И да, и нет.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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