📚 proverb • entry_id 57795
half a loaf is better than none
Meanings (ES + gloss)
a falta de pan, buenas son tortas • a mucha hambre, no hay pan duro • a pan de quince días, hambre de tres semanas
Something is better than nothing: some reward, achievement, result, etc. is preferable to none at all.
"I have the beginnings of genius," he finally decided, "that is, I can see for myself, but I cannot pass the vision on to others by production." "Half a loaf is better than none,"…
"I'm a business man, and I tell you before you're half through with this fight, you'll come to the conclusion that half a loaf is better than none at all—particularly in the matter…
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