If someone does not do things byhalves, they put a lot ofeffortandenthusiasminto doing things, often more than isnecessary:
做事全力以赴；不半途而废"I didn'trealizeyou weredecoratingthewholehouse." "Oh, we don't do things byhalvesround here."“我没注意到你们把整座房子都粉刷了。”“是啊，我们费了很大的工夫。”