Half a loaf is better than none

Something is better than nothing at all.

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Idioms and Phrases

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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The incrementalist counsels patience: Something is better than nothing, half a loaf is better than none.

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On the other points, the right answer for them, and the country, has to be that half a loaf is better than none.

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“Half a loaf is better than none,” says Ester.

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“I think half a loaf is better than none,” Kaufman said.

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"I think people realize half a loaf is better than none," Stewart said.

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