Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Half a loaf is better than no bread
French translation:
faute de grives on mange des merles
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English term
Half a loaf is better than no bread
Il se met rarement en avant, mais cette fois, Christian Briffeuil, le président lyssois,
pourra au moins se vanter d'avoir été au bout de ses idées. Son équipe fanion (presque) double championne de France, il savoure les titres et la joie que ceux-ci procure. Il n'empêche : ce n'est pas parce qu'il est champion de France, que le CP Lys-LM a décroché la timbale.
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Proposed translations
faute de grives on mange des merles
loaf1 [ləʊf] → synonyms
1 noun , pl loaves
a also loaf of bread ▶ pain m
“round loaf” ▶ pain m rond, ▶ miche f de pain
■ half a loaf is better than no bread (Prov) : faute de grives on mange des merles (Prov)
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Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France)
Works in: English to French, French to English
Discussion
and, talking about birds:
■ birds of a feather flock together (Prov) : qui se ressemble s'assemble (Prov)
(difficult to pronounce for a French-speaking person: feather flock...)
◆ Loc. prov. Un tiens vaut mieux que deux tu l'auras: une chose obtenue vaut mieux que deux choses promises.
51 Un Tiens vaut, ce dit-on,
Mieux que deux Tu l'auras.
La Fontaine, Fables, v, 3.
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◆ Prov. Faute de grives, on mange des merles : faute de ce que l'on désire, il faut se contenter de ce que l'on a.
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Cqfd.