half measure

Going without any half measure from temptation to excesses of all kinds, his mood tends to alternate between moments of excitement and long periods of depression.
Passant sans aucune demi-mesure de la tentation aux excès en tous genres, son humeur a tendance à alterner entre des moments d’excitation survoltée et de longues périodes de dépression.
In such an uncertain context, we must rule out any ambiguity, any half measure and any room for interpretation given to the Commission and the Court.
Dans un contexte aussi précaire, toute ambiguïté, toute demi-mesure, tout espace d’interprétation laissés à la Commission et à la Cour sont à proscrire.
For Carsten Höller, out of the question to do in half measure!
Pour Carsten Höller, hors de question de faire dans la demi-mesure !
Any half measure will only create dissatisfaction and unfairness.
Toute mesure partielle engendrera insatisfaction et injustices.
Moral of the story is I chose a half measure when I should have gone all the way.
La morale de l'histoire, c'est que j'ai choisi la demi-mesure alors que j'aurais dû aller jusqu'au bout.
Mrs Schreyer, you personally and the Commission as a whole have come to the conclusion that without a European Public Prosecutor the fight against fraud will remain a half measure.
Madame Schreyer, vous-même, ainsi que toute la Commission, êtes convaincus à présent que la lutte anti-fraude ne peut se faire qu'à moitié en l'absence d'un ministère public européen.
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