is the glass half full or half empty(оптимистическая или пессимистическая) a common expression, generally used rhetorically to indicate that a particular situation could be a cause for optimism (half full) or pessimism (half empty Val_Ships)
rhetorical flourishes(напр., в те времена, когда риторические излияния принимались за подлинный драматизм, отсутствие патетики в речи являлось существенным недостатком оратора Alex_Odeychuk)
I was being rhetorical("How did I guess?" "Well, must be because you--" "Skip it, I was being rhetorical." • I was being rhetorical. Where "Why do you use pleb as an insult" means the same as "Using pleb as an insult is stupid".4uzhoj)
