To the pessimist, the glass is half empty.

对于悲观主义者来说，玻璃杯是半空的；

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I can either say "the glass is half empty" or "the glass is half full."

我可以说“杯子里只有一半水”或“杯子里还有半杯水”。

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Pessimists say that the glass is half empty, but I am an optimist and say that it is half full.

悲观主义者说那个杯子是半空的，但是我是乐观主义者，我说那个杯子是半满的。

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Dan Harris of the China Law Blog (and one of our China Tracker contributors), responding to another bullish commentary, says the glass is half empty, not half full.

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So you are born thinking the glass is half-empty or half-full.

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Security papers like these tend to emphasize the part of the glass that is half-empty, so many readers might not have appreciated how few people were affected, even potentially.

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