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单词 half a loaf is better than none
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half a loaf is better than none

idiomold-fashionedsaying
said about asituationin which you mustacceptless than youwanted
有一点总比没有好；聊胜于无
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(Definition ofhalf a loaf is better than nonefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

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half a loaf is better than none
Of course, we must hope that it will lead to permanent employment, buthalfaloafisbetterthannone.
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But, as he says,halfaloafisbetterthannone.
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Quite rightly, he responded on the basis thathalfaloafisbetterthannoneat all.
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It would have been nice to have had a whole loaf, buthalfaloafisbetterthannone.
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In politics,halfaloafisbetterthannone.
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I was going to say thathalfaloafisbetterthannonebut that is just a tiny slice.
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Of coursehalfaloafisbetterthannone, but we use the phrase so often; and what happens?
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It may be said thathalfaloafisbetterthannone, but a whole loaf is better still.
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It is not good enough to say that it is a step in the right direction or thathalfaloafisbetterthannone.
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We know that it is not enough, buthalfaloafisbetterthannone.
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In the circumstances, we feel that, while it may only be a half a loaf, ahalfaloafisbetterthannoneat all.
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Halfaloafisbetterthannone, but a whole loaf is better than half.
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Halfaloafisbetterthannone.
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