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Half Battle Work Effort That’s In The Loop 324 Narrow Topic

Id in_the_loop_324
Idiom HALF THE BATTLE
Definition half the work or effort
Examples
  1. Once you narrow down the topic for your dissertation, that’s half the battle. Doing the research and writing it is the other half.
  2. I finally bought all the materials to build those bookshelves. That’s half the battle.
Extra Info

The expression is used to describe what may seem to be less than half the effort, a small part of the effort or just the beginning of the effort, but which in fact goes a long way to getting the work done.

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