Index | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | W | Y

half a loaf is better than none
Definition:  to get less than one wants or expects is better than not getting anything
Usage:  during break at school today, mavis shared her lunchbox with another girl; it was not much but half of a loaf is better than none
SEPEDI
Translation:  seripa sa borotho se kaone go feta go hloka selo
Proverb: tšie e phala morogo
XITSONGA
Translation:  hafu ya xinkwa yi tlula loko u ri hava
Proverb: njiya a yi fani na muroho
TSHIVENḒA
Translation:  hafu ya lofo i khwine kha u sa vha na tshithu
Proverb: mukuzhe mukuzhe ha fani na a songo kuzhwa