do nothing do anything by halves

Meaning

1. do nothing / not do anything by halves

   to do whatever you do completely and thoroughly

   You're expecting twins? Well, you never did do anything by halves.

From the same entry

• and a half
• go half and half
• the half of it
• how the other half lives
• too clever, by half
• have a good mind to do
• it's six of one and half a dozen of the other
• time and a half
• half a loaf is better than no bread
• half a minute, second
• half past one, two
• half as many, much, again