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loaf

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HALF A LOAF IS BETTER THAN NONE or

HALF A LOAF IS BETTER THAN NO BREAD.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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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

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

none

[none] See: [HALF A LOAF IS BETTER THAN NONE], [HAVE NONE OF]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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