| 词汇 | half-a-loaf-is-better-than-none |
| 释义 | half a loaf is better than noneidiom old-fashionedsaying said about a situation in which you must accept less than you wanted有一点总比没有好；聊胜于无 Expressions used to describe situations all things being equalidiom all's well that ends wellidiom around Robin Hood's barnidiom asynchronous be in someone's shoesidiom dead foot funny have the wind at your backidiom if it's not one thing, it's anotheridiom in the wrong place at the wrong timeidiom it's a funny old worldidiom skin the grass is (always) greener (on the other side) idiom wake up and smell the coffeeidiom way/direction the wind blowsidiom what's cooking?idiom what's done is doneidiom what's onidiom wind Examples of half a loaf is better than nonehalf a loaf is better than none Of course, we must hope that it will lead to permanent employment, but halfaloafisbetterthannone. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But, as he says, halfaloafisbetterthannone. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Quite rightly, he responded on the basis that halfaloafisbetterthannone at all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would have been nice to have had a whole loaf, but halfaloafisbetterthannone. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In politics, halfaloafisbetterthannone. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I was going to say that halfaloafisbetterthannone but that is just a tiny slice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Of course halfaloafisbetterthannone, but we use the phrase so often; and what happens? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It may be said that halfaloafisbetterthannone, but a whole loaf is better still. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not good enough to say that it is a step in the right direction or that halfaloafisbetterthannone. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We know that it is not enough, but halfaloafisbetterthannone. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the circumstances, we feel that, while it may only be a half a loaf, a halfaloafisbetterthannone at all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Halfaloafisbetterthannone, but a whole loaf is better than half. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Halfaloafisbetterthannone. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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