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Origin of the expression glass half full or half empty Clearly, whether the glass is half full or half empty depends on whether you're in the process of filling or emptying it – Steven Littman Commented Nov 20, 2017 at 17:45
Is the glass half filled with water or half empty? [closed] Or if the glass being filled halfway implies that it has been partially drunk--that is, that it was once full but has been half emptied The important point to take away is that the purpose of any language is to communicate ideas, and you should choose the wording that best conveys the ideas you wish to communicate
Pessimism idiom - opposite of rose-tinted glasses? Someone who sees the world pessimistically is a "glass half empty person" (Conversely an optimist is a glass half full person ) Bizarrely, Wikipedia doesn't have any citations before this century, whereas the idiom must be much older
Why “half past” and not “half to”? - English Language Usage . . . 7 The convention is that we express the time in terms of the hour that it's closest to "A quarter past nine", not "three-quarters to ten"; but "twenty to ten", not "forty past nine" "Half past" is, of course, exactly in the middle The convention is that we say "half past" rather than "half to"
How can something be fuller or the fullest? Half full and half empty are nonsense phrases A glass may be far from full or far from empty It may be nearly full or nearly empty It may contain about half as much as it would if full or empty However, it cannot contain anything if it is empty, so cannot be emptier than empty nor the emptiest of empties Neither can it be fuller than full
Is it really possible to be half dead? - English Language Usage . . . 15 Half-dead is just a metaphorical expression that describes someone's exhaustion or weakness – user140086 Dec 10, 2015 at 18:21 9 It's qualitative, not quantitative It's just a way of using hyperbole to make a point that someone is severely injured and likely close to death – Nonnal
Does empty have a gradable antonym in English? If something is less than full--and hence, not empty--it is half-full, one-quarter full, two-thirds full, almost empty, etc So, no, there does not appear to be one word that describes the phenomenon of something's being between empty and full, except maybe the word "when," as in "Let me pour you some coffee Say when "
etymology - English Language Usage Stack Exchange But, apparently, as far as the current English version is concerned: this idiom has been popular since at least the early 1900’s, evidenced by the fact that a song recorded in 1924 by Raymond B Egan and Richard A Whiting carried its wording, “ The Grass is Always Greener in the Other Fellow’s Yard ” One often suggested origin of the
Is emptiest a logically correct term? - English Language Usage . . . We often speak of things being empty or full by degrees, with the classic example being the glass half-full or half-empty While the comparative and superlative for full are much more common than for empty, the latter still appear in all major dictionaries that I checked, including American Heritage, Collins, and Random House