British & Australian, humorous

an illness that is not serious but passes easily from person to person.

My throat is sore and my head hurts. I think I've caught the dreaded lurgy.

• half a dozen
• half a loaf
• Half a loaf is better than none.
• half-arsed
• half-baked
• half-hearted
• half-heartedly
• half the battle
• halfway house
• half-wit
• half-witted
• ham-fisted
• ham it up
• hammer home
• hammer home something
• hammer out
• hammer out something
• hammer something home
• hand down
• hand down something
• hand in glove
• handle someone with kid gloves
• handle with kid gloves
• hand-me-down
• hand on heart