| 单词 | half a loaf is better than none |
| 释义 | Idioms and Phrases with Half a loaf is better than nonehalf 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.” The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Half a loaf is better than noneSomething is better than nothing at all. Words nearby Half a loaf is better than noneHaley, Haley, Alex, half, half-a-crown, half-a-dollar, Half a loaf is better than none, half a mind, half-and-half, half and half nail, half-arsed, half-asleep The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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