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The phrase about something being in the bag is claimed to come from an old parliamentary tradition, whereby petitions were put into a bag behind the Speaker’s chair in the Commons; once in, they would be dealt with, hence ‘in the bag’ meant it will be done. Half in the bag comes from this – it’s nearly there, close to being done.
