初めがよいのは半分できたも同然だの英語

Well begun is half done.

Well begun is half done.

The first blow is half the battle.

It is the first step which is troublesome.

a condition of being in high spirits only at the beginning

Whatever you're doing, starting off on the right foot is essential.

We're less than halfway to the top of the mountain. Are you already tired?

At best I can do only half of what you did.

the beginning part of something

The first isn't good, and neither is the second.

He has spent more than half the money, if not all of it.

abridged to half its original length

I can do it in half the time.

The idea seemed absurd at first.

The first step is the hardest.

It seemed a hundred times larger than the first one.

I could only eat half of that.

the time at which the Moon is at first or last quarter when half its face is illuminated

gladness without apparent external cause

You can also order a half portion.

He must have done it out of mischief.

Jane flirted with the idea of traveling around the world.

No half the sufferers have the means of reconstruction.

Initially, all went well.

Passing grades account for half of the grades given in this exam

Then it will cost only half the trouble―save half the trouble.

It is not so bad.

If you had half a brain you'd be dangerous!

in that event, the first possibility is excluded

it was a fifty-fifty (or even) split