Definition of half-cocked in English:
 half-cocked
adjectiveˌhɑːfˈkɒktˌhæfˈkɑkt
1(of a gun) with the cock partly raised.
2Only partly ready; poorly prepared.
 half-cocked solutions often change things for the worse
 a couple of journalists went off half-cocked and misread a document
  Definition of half-cocked in US English:
 half-cocked
adjectiveˌhafˈkäktˌhæfˈkɑkt
1(of a gun) with the cock partly raised.
2Only partly ready; poorly prepared.
 half-cocked solutions often change things for the worse
 a couple of journalists went off half-cocked and misread a document