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half a loaf is better than none

half a loaf is better than none or half a loaf is better than no bread

Part of what we want or need is better than nothing. — A proverb.

Albert wanted two dollars for shoveling snow from the sidewalk but the lady would only give him a dollar. And he said that half a loaf is better than none.

Compare: BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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better

[better] See: [ALL BETTER], [DISCRETION IS THE BETTER PART OF VALOR], [FOR BETTER OR WORSE], [FOR THE BETTER], [GET THE BETTER OF], [GO SOMEBODY ONE BETTER], [HAD BETTER], [HALF A […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

loaf

[loaf] See: [HALF A LOAF IS BETTER THAN NONE] or [HALF A LOAF IS BETTER THAN NO BREAD]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

better late than never

[better late than never] It is better to come or do something late than never. * /The firemen didn't arrive at the house until it was half burned, but it […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

bread

[bread] See: [HALF A LOAF is BETTER THAN NONE], [KNOW WHICH SIDE ONE'S BREAD IS BUTTERED ON], [TAKE THE BREAD OUT OF ONE'S MOUTH]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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