Half a loaf is better than none
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Definition of Half a loaf is better than none
Something is better than nothing at all.
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half a loaf is better than none
Something is better than nothing, even if it is less than one wanted. For example, He had asked for a new trumpet but got a used one—oh well, half a loaf is better than none. This expression, often shortened, was already a proverb in 1546, where it was explicitly put: “For better is half a loaf than no bread.”
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