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Old May 30, 2010, 04:50 AM
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Question Nothing was done by halves

Lo traduzco como "no se hizo nada a medias"
to do things by halves (colloquial) = hacer las cosas a medias.
Anyone has a better translation or any comment about this?

(Is this common in AmE or BrE? or both?)
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Old May 30, 2010, 05:35 AM
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It is quite common in BrE. In the negative it is litotes, meaning that everything was done correctly or even over the top with no expense spared.
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Old May 30, 2010, 05:52 AM
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Thank you, Perikles!
Not bad at all! (Another rhetorical understatement or litotes!)
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