fifty-fifty

fifty-fifty
adverb, adjective
fifty-fifty (ugs.); halbe-halbe (ugs.)

go fifty-fifty — fifty-fifty od. halbpart machen

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adverb (half and half: We'll divide the money fifty-fifty.) halbe-halbe
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fif·ty-ˈfif·ty
inv
I. adj (fam) halbe-halbe präd fam, fifty-fifty präd fam
we should share the work on a \fifty-fifty basis jeder von uns sollte die Hälfte der Arbeit machen fam
there's only a \fifty-fifty chance die Chancen stehen nur fifty-fifty fam
II. adv halbe-halbe fam, fifty-fifty fam
let's go \fifty-fifty! lass uns halbe-halbe [o fifty-fifty] machen! fam
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['fIftI'fIftɪ]
1. adv
halbe-halbe (inf), fifty-fifty (inf)

to go fifty-fifty (with sb) — (mit jdm) halbe-halbe or fifty-fifty machen (inf)

2. adj

it was a fifty-fifty deal — bei dem Handel sollte fifty-fifty geteilt werden (inf)

they had fifty-fifty shares in the business — sie waren zu fünfzig Prozent an der Firma beteiligt

he has a fifty-fifty chance of survival/victory — er hat eine fünfzigprozentige Überlebens-/Gewinnchance

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fifty-fifty adj & adv umg fifty-fifty, halbe-halbe:
it is fifty-fifty that … die Chancen stehen fifty-fifty, dass …;
he has a fifty-fifty chance to live seine Überlebenschancen stehen fifty-fifty;
go fifty-fifty halbe-halbe machen (with mit)
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adverb, adjective
fifty-fifty (ugs.); halbe-halbe (ugs.)

go fifty-fifty — fifty-fifty od. halbpart machen

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(chance, probability) adj.
fiftyfifty adj.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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