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Imagine a glass with water to the middle of it(half). You can say "The glass it's half full" or " The glass is half empty". Generally, if you say the 1st you are a optimist, the 2nd you are pessimist. So if you are a glass half full kind of person means you see situations in a optimist point of view.
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∙ 11y agoIt's an expression designed to show how your out look on life can alter your perception. If you double a glass which is half empty it becomes completely empty, if you double a glass with is half full it become completely full.
Make use of what you have rather than lamenting what is missing.
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∙ 11y agoAn optimist.
an optimist would always look at the brighter side of a situation. The same glass would appear to be 'half empty' to a pessimist.
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What are attributes possessed by engineers?
They are very practical. If you had a glass half filled with water, an optimist would say it was half full, a pessimist would say it was half empty but and engineer would observe that the glass was twice as big as it needed to be.
What is the leftover drink in glass called?
Well it depends on wether you are positive or negative. People say that if you say " it is half full" then they are positive. However if you say " it's half empty" then you are negative. Personally for me it's half full. if you drank it it's half empty, but if you poured it it's half full.
What does the expression one who sees the trough half full instead of half empty mean?
One person could look at a glass of liquid and say that it is half full while another person looks at the same glass and says it is half empty. The glass is a metaphor for life. Both people are correct, but the one who described the glass as half full looks at life optimistically, with a positive outlook, while the other, who has been no less successful in life, looks at life pessimistically, with a negative outlook. :) half full :( half empty
If you took a glass and it was filled half way is it half full or half empty?
The glass is actually full. Full of half air and half water. As for the water content, technically, there is no difference, except as it pertains to the process of filling or emptying, i.e. if it was filled and you drank some, it is half-empty; if it was empty and being filled, it is half-full.
What does it mean when someone says your cup is half empty?
They are basically asking if someone is choosing to be an optimist or a pessimist. If a glass is half full there are 2 ways of seeing it; as being either half empty or half full. An optimist would view it as being half empty (THATS WRONG), but a pessimist would see it as being half full (OTHER WAY AROUND) so that they can have something to complain about. Asking if a glass is half empty or full is a test of your attitude and personality. If you answer the question with half empty that means you see things more negative. If you answer half full it says you look at things more positive. No answer is the right answer. If you want your answer to be half full when you believe it's half empty than you can't change your point of view. Stick with your original answer, no one will care. :0) DT Wrote: who ever wrote above made a mistake. Pessimist will view glass as half empty, Optimist would see it as Half Full as in almost full just a little more to go. Stuff in Quotations is MINE!
Who said is your glass half full or half empty?
It depends on who is responding to the question. It also matters if you are filling up the cup, or drinking it.An optimist, focusing on what he or she has, observes what is in the glass - the full half. A pessimist, on the other hand, focuses on what is missing, what he or she doesn't have - the empty half.It is always full. It may be filled with 50% of water and 50% of air, or any variation of competing percentages, but it is always full of something even if it looks empty as it could be FULL of air.It's completely empty until you put something in it.The cup is half full. A glass can't be half empty because half of nothing is still nothingIf you pour water into a cup until its filled half way, the cup of water is half full.If you fill a cup of water completely, then empty half of the water, the cup is half empty.If I told you I poisoned the water in the cup, would it matter if it's half full or half empty?The cup is not half full or half empty. The cup may be 1/8 off of being half full/empty, but it would take mad skill to get the cup exactly half full/empty. I suggest you do not ask a question, but rather a statement, like, "The cup is 1/4 filled." or "The cup is 3/4 filled." I assume you noticed I said "Filled" instead of "Full" or "Empty". But, since there is the one in a million chance that one of us has some crazy awesome mad skill, I guess you should ask "Does the pot have half of the pasta it can hold?" but add "And you can't say if it's filled!". So, the cup is half filled.
What does seeing the glass half empty mean?
The phrase, seeing the glass as half empty, means that a person is taking a pessimistic view, preferring to see what he or she doesn't have rather than what he or she has. If you have, let us say, a 10 ounce glass which contains 5 ounces of grape juice, you can be happy that you have half a glass of grape juice to drink, or you can be unhappy that you do not have the full 10 ounces of grape juice to drink. You can see the glass as half full, which is a good thing, or you can see the glass as half empty, which is a bad thing, although in either case it is the same glass with the same 5 ounces of grape juice in it.
Half empty and half full they look the same what are they?
You cannot "fill" to make anything "Full" unless you have an empty glass. knowing it was empty first, you could easily say its half empty. It was empty first.Ok now it has water in it. only half. it ain't half full unless it started full, then was emptied some. but you normally receive half of what youre looking for. Scientifically, its half empty.
Would you say the jar is half empty or half full?
== == If an optimist answers this question, the jar would be half full. === === If a pessimist answers this question, the jar would be half empty. === === "AN OPTIMIST SEES OPPORTUNITIES IN DIFFICULTIES BUT A PESSIMIST SEES DIFFICULTIES IN OPPORTUNITIES"
Is full with correct in English?
We usually say full of: The glass is full ofwater.
How do you say witha a chance of rain?
you say it like with a chance of rain you can get a full glass full of water.
Which glass has the most water one half full of water or one half full of water and ice cubes?
Pick an answer: a) For both glasses, the water is about the same temperature, say just above 32F. Then the glass without ice has the most water by mass. b) The glass with only water is quite hot, say just below boiling. The glass with water and ice cubes is just about at 32F and the volume of ice is very small (less than 2%). The the glass with water and ice could have more water by mass. c) By definition, water refers to H2O in its solid form. By definition, ice refers to H2O in its solid form. So, "by definition", the half full glass with ice will always have less water by volume.
