half saying, n.All

Half-saying (n.) has ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a price: say something one way in this field and another part of it becomes, by that very saying, irreducibly obscure.