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half a loaf is better than none

Translations
лучше полбуханки, чем ничего
He didn't get the promotion he wanted, but half a loaf is better than none.
Он не получил повышение, которое хотел, но лучше полбуханки, чем ничего.
Definitions
This phrase means that it is better to have a small amount of something than to have nothing at all.
Words
half

noun
половина
a

article or possessive pronoun
один
loaf

noun
буханка
is

functional word
есть
better

adjective
лучше
than

conjunction
чем
none

pronoun
ничто
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