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half a mind

An inclination that is not definite or resolute. For example, I've half a mind to drop the course, or He went out with half a mind to walk all the way there. [First half of 1700s] Also see have a good mind to.

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The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

Examples from the Web for half a mind

I had half-a-mind to discard my little camera also, but somehow or other I could not bring myself to part with this.
Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons|Henry Charles Mahoney
"I'm half-a-mind to go over there and tell them off," Nora murmured.
Death of a Spaceman|Walter M. Miller