use (one's) loaf Идиома

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light in the loafers

homosexual, gay, fag Just because he likes to sew, you think he's light in the loafers.

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pinch off a loaf

have a bowel movement, drop a log """Where were you?"" ""In the can, pinching off a loaf."""

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three slices short (of a full loaf)

mentally disabled, one brick short... If you order worm soup, they'll think you're three slices short.

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Half a loaf is better than none.

You should be grateful for something, even if it's not as much as you wanted.

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A slice off a cut loaf is never missed

Used colloquially to describe having sexual intercourse with someone who is not a virgin, especially when they are in a relationship. The analogy refers to a loaf of bread; it is not readily apparent, once the end has been removed, exactly how many slices have been taken.('You never miss a slice from a cut loaf' is also used.)

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Use Your Loaf

Use your head. Think smart.

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half a loaf is better than none|bread|half|half a

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.

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half a loaf is better than none

half a loaf is better than none
Something is better than nothing, even if it is less than one wanted. For example, He had asked for a new trumpet but got a used one—oh well, half a loaf is better than none. This expression, often shortened, was already a proverb in 1546, where it was explicitly put: “For better is half a loaf than no bread.”

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loaf

loaf
see half a loaf is better than none.

use (one's) loaf

slang To anticipate logically, rationally, or with accepted sense; to use one's head. The byword comes from balladry argot in which "loaf" is abbreviate for "loaf of bread," which rhymes with "head." Primarily heard in UK, Australia. Come on, Dean, I apperceive you can amount this out on your own. Use your loaf! Jenny assuredly remembered to accompany the appropriate books home to do her homework. I'm animated she's assuredly application her loaf.Learn more: loaf, use

use your loaf

use your accepted sense. British informal This announcement apparently comes from loaf of bread , balladry argot for ‘head’.Learn more: loaf, use

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