and a half

idiom

1

—used in measurements of time, distance, weight, etc., to indicate one half of the stated unit of measurement

My daughter is two and a half (years old).

The fish was a foot and a half long.

weighs ten and a half pounds

2

informal

—used to say that something is very good, large, difficult, etc.

That was a meal and a half!

Renovating a house is a job and a half.

Examples of and a half in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Brisa Do Mar, a Mediterranean and Italian restaurant along the Milwaukee River, has quietly closed after a year and a half in business. —Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 16 Dec. 2025

The discussions last about an hour and a half, structured in three rounds of 30 minutes. —Noëlle De Leeuw, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2025

But after a decade and a half, are Shane (Joe Jonas) and Mitchie still together? —Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Dec. 2025

After about a year and a half of working around the red tape, Gnarly Hustle successfully opened the bar side of their space in August 2024. —Kansas City Star, 16 Dec. 2025

Rhymes for and a half

• autograph
• biograph
• cenotaph
• chronograph
• epigraph
• epitaph
• hodograph
• holograph
• hydrograph
• lithograph
• micrograph
• monograph