Re: Need an idiom

Bill Swears wrote:

Jacey Bedford wrote:
In message <1188530645.020839.305260@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Bob Throllop <bobthrollop@xxxxxxxxxx> writes

Frau Throllop is asking for an English-language saying that
corresponds to a Chinese idiom something like "the meat of a
chicken's ribs." It means something that isn't very good, but
you can't quite bear to waste it. I said "too good to go to
waste" and she said that's not quite what she's looking for.

Better than a smack in the nose with a wet kipper.

Jacey
Almost worth what you paid for it.
Cheap at half the price.
It doesn't suck, much.
Almost worth keeping.

Bill

String too short to save.

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