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J.D. Ward

Half a loaf is better than no free time at all.

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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. […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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

time and a half

[time and a half] {n. phr.} Pay given to a worker at a rate half again as much as he usually gets. * /John got time and a half when […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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leave in the lurch

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