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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