كيف تنطق "you can't be half pregnant"
expression
YOO KANT BEE HAF PREHGG-nuhnt
YOO KAHNT BEE HAHF PREG-nuhnt
التعريف
This expression means that something is absolute and cannot be partial—you are either one thing or another, with no in-between. It is often used to explain situations where a decision or state is either completely true or completely false.
نسخ IPA
الإنجليزية الأمريكية
ˈju/ /ˈkænt/ /ˈbi/, /bi/ /ˈhæf/ /ˈpɹɛɡnənt
الإنجليزية البريطانية
jˈuː/ /kɑːnt/ /bˈiː/ /hˈɑːf/ /pɹˈɛɡnənt
نطق مبسط
أمريكي
YOO KANT BEE HAF PREHGG-nuhnt
بريطاني
YOO KAHNT BEE HAHF PREG-nuhnt
استمع في السياق
You can't be half pregnant with this rule—you either follow it completely or not at all.
When making this choice, remember that you can't be half pregnant.
They want to try both ways, but you can't be half pregnant.
Look, you can't be half pregnant—once you start, you have to commit.