| 单词 | not to be half the man one used to be |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnot to be half the man (also woman, etc.) one used to be (also was, etc.) d. With the and a noun, followed by a relative clause expressing a comparison (esp. with the past) or an opinion: designating a person who is a much less impressive, admirable, or true example of what is stated by the comparison or opinion. Chiefly in negative constructions, often in not to be half the man (also woman, etc.) one used to be (also was, etc.). Π 1770 Fatal Friendship I. xii. 96 Clara is not half the girl she was;..has got a trick of rambling in the woods by herself. 1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xxvii. 323 I always knew you had the gift of the gab, of course; but I never believed you were half the man you are. 1863 Belfast Morning News 11 Feb. You are not half the poet I thought you were. 1864 A. Trollope Can you forgive Her? I. xxxviii. 301 If you are half the woman that I take you to be, you will understand this. 1906 J. Galsworthy Man of Prop. vii. 180 ‘He's not half the man he was.’ ‘I've noticed it a long time;..he's aged tremendously.’ 1965 J. Lennon & P. McCartney Yesterday in Beatles Lyrics (1998) 92 Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be, There's a shadow hanging over me, Oh yesterday came suddenly. 1975 Spectator 20 Sept. 374/3 You may grow up to be half the politician that Mr Edward Heath..is. 1994 J. Favreau Swingers (film script, 3rd draft) (O.E.D. Archive) 7 Some skank who isn't half the woman my girlfriend is. < as lemmas |
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