旗子停在一半：公開的哀悼
這一群就是畫面本身，一個當位置講，一個當動作講。
noun · B2
The position about halfway down a flagpole where a flag is flown, instead of at the top, to show public sadness and respect after someone has died.
半旗（旗桿一半的位置）
核心畫面
Something that belongs at the top of its pole, stopped halfway. Everyone can see where it should be, and everyone can see that it is not there. The gap between the top and the flag is the whole message: it says, without a word, that something is wrong today.
可以想成一樣東西本來該在桿子的最頂端，現在卻停在一半。旗子沒有掉下來，也沒有升上去，就停在中間。大家一抬頭就看得出來…更多收起
可以想成一樣東西本來該在桿子的最頂端，現在卻停在一半。旗子沒有掉下來，也沒有升上去，就停在中間。大家一抬頭就看得出來位置不對。真正在說話的，其實是上面那一段空白。所以這個詞的畫面，比較像「該滿的位置只到一半，而這個落差本身就是訊號」。Two branches
借來笑衣服沒在該在的位置
把旗桿換成人的身體：該拉到腰上、該拉到小腿的，只到一半。
noun · C1
Used in a joking way about a piece of clothing that is not sitting where it should be — trousers or socks that have slipped down the body, or trouser legs that stop well short of the shoes.
（衣物）掉到一半／太短