Dictionary of American idioms

HALF A MIND

half a mind: translation

also[half a notion] {n. phr.}, {informal} A wish or plan that you have not yet decided to act on; a thought of possibly doing something. - Used after "have" or "with" and before "to" and an infinitive. * /I have half a mind to stop studying and walk over to the brook./ * /Jerry went home with half a mind to telephone Betty./