The party last night was not bad.
It was not so bad, as inexpensive vacations go.
The show was not half bad.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
not half bad — (informal) Pretty good, excellent • • • Main Entry: ↑bad * * * not half bad spoken phrase used for saying that someone or something is good, especially when they are better than you expected them to be It’s one of the cheapest printers around,… … Useful english dictionary
not\ half\ bad — • not (so) bad • not half bad adj informal Pretty good; all right; good enough. The party last night was not bad. It was not so bad, as inexpensive vacations go. The show was not half bad … Словарь американских идиом
not so bad — not as bad as all that, not completely bad … English contemporary dictionary
not half bad — not all bad, not completely negative … English contemporary dictionary
not a bad — not a bad, etc ● fist … Useful english dictionary
not half bad — adjective Pretty good; okay; decent. It was his first attempt at cooking, but I tried it and it was not half bad … Wiktionary
not half bad — quite good, better than expected Have you seen Honey, I Ate The Kids? It s not half bad, actually … English idioms
not as bad(ly) as all that — not as bad(ly), etc. as all ˈthat idiom not as much as has been suggested • They re not as rich as all that. Main entry: ↑allidiom … Useful english dictionary
not half bad — almost good. He didn t look half bad by the time he d had a bath and put on clean clothes. Related vocabulary: not bad … New idioms dictionary
not half bad — See: NOT BAD … Dictionary of American idioms
