Английский словарь американских идиом - half a loaf is better than none

or half a loaf is better than no bread Part of what we want or need is better than nothing. - A proverb. * /Albert wanted two dollars for shoveling snow from the sidewalk but the lady would only give him a dollar. And he said that half a loaf is better than none./ Compare: BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.