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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
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You don't look half-bad yourself.

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02i 00 It is humorous understatement. 0-

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01i00You don't look half-bad yourself = You look very good.02i00 It is humorous understatement. 0-
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Hello! What if someone says "That jumper doesn't look half-well on you"? is it the opposite? Is the person saying it looks very bad?
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It would be half-bad, with the same implication as the previous pot. It doesn't 'convert' to the positive expression.
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AnonymousThat jumper doesn't look half-well half-good on you
No. This sentence doesn't work. You can't do the opposite of this idiom. It only works one way as far as I've ever heard.

CJ
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