half-cocked
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Before going off half-cocked, we ought to ask how Beijing thinks it benefits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
To Rafael’s bildungsroman amid half-cocked terrorists and a love triangle with their leaders, add a spy-novel parody, a kaleidoscopic Christ narrative, a battery of literary references and a portrait of Cuban life under socialism.
From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2022
Others were also unenthusiastic, with Henry Hitchings giving it two stars in The Evening Standard, and The Hollywood Reporter describing it as "half-cocked".
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2018
Mrs. Ambrose, it continued, “helped put an end to the image of the D.C. Council as a refuge for small-bore politicians given to going off half-cocked on marginal issues.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 4, 2017
I look at him as he drives on the big highway, keeping his half-cocked eyes on the road.
From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King
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