be half the battle
to be the most difficult part of a process so that once you have finished this part, you have almost succeeded:
For a lot of jobs, getting an interview is half the battle.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Success and achievements
- a feather in your cap idiom
- a narrow squeak idiom
- a roaring success idiom
- accomplishment
- achievement
- belt
- boom
- every dog has its day idiom
- feat
- feather
- fruition
- have sth under your belt idiom
- he who laughs last, laughs longest/best idiom
- laugh
- prospect
- quantum leap
- sellout
- success
- success story
- the dizzy heights of sth idiom
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