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 #2 (permalink) Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:34 am idiom "go on halves with somebody" |
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| You guys will go on halves with me on a car? |
go halves = share the cost (normally 50/50) |
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| #3 (permalink) Sat Jun 14, 2008 10:07 am idiom "go on halves with somebody" |
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Thank you, Molly :)
But I'd like to hear out native speakers on this one, since it's important to me to know if they really use the idiom as I wrote it (because I heard it while watching a movie)
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| #4 (permalink) Sat Jun 14, 2008 10:20 am idiom "go on halves with somebody" |
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Hi
The term we use is "go halves" without the preposition on where you placed it.
"guys go halves with me on a car"
And it is common in usage. Also used in connection with eating or drinking;
Wanna go halves on this last piece of cake. Share it by cutting it in two.
Wanna go halves on the rest of this bottle of wine.
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| #5 (permalink) Sat Jun 14, 2008 13:19 pm idiom "go halves on something with somebody" |
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| go on halves with me on a car? |
Hi Alex
Are you sure you heard 'on' (and not 'in')?
On this side of the pond, you might hear any of these:
- go halvsies with someone on something --> i.e. two people split (the cost of) something
- go halves on something with someone --> i.e. two people split (the cost of) something
- go in halves with someone on something --> i.e. two people split the cost of something
- go in on something with me/him/her/you/us/them --> i.e. two or more people split the cost of something
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In the first two, it might be something other than cost that is split
In the first three, it is usually possible to reverse the order of 'with someone' and 'on something', and it is usually only two people splitting something.
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| #7 (permalink) Sat Jun 14, 2008 22:40 pm idiom "go halves on something with somebody" |
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Hi, Stew, Amy and Ralf
Thank you for your examples and solicitude ! You've been most helpful :) |
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| #8 (permalink) Sun Jun 15, 2008 1:13 am idiom "go halves on something with somebody" |
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Can I add one thing?
You said "you guys" which means you and more than one other person. You can only "go halves" with one other person. But you have probably figured that out by now. |
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