Ever wondered how ambiguous this idiom is? Apparently, it implies that the possession of some, however little, part of what you want is better than having nothing at all. Apparently! Well, making some profit is definitely better than just breaking even. I have a bone to pick, but not with its meaning. My war is with the contradictory wordplay this idiom uses to increase the ambiguity in my little universe. Ever since I first set my eyes upon it, it has coyly expressed an opinion exactly opposite to the one it asserts otherwise. Something, it whispers (as it winks), is not better than anything. And hence, something, it whispers (as it nudges), is the worst! And then it slithers up my sense of clarity, asphyxiating it as it warrants that there is nothing in the whole world which is better than something. You achieve a dream in its entirety or you achieve nothing at all. But you achieve “something”? Oh lord almighty! What pity! You got some of it?! Tch tch.
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If you consider the Amir Khan connection, Papa Kehte Hain and Bhaag Bhaag D. K. Bose are quite an antithesis couple.
The siege at PNS Mehran is over but the worries of governments all over the world have no end. We are not talking about a civilian attack here. 10 terrorists entered a high security base and caused substantial damage. Is Pakistan capable of protecting it’s nuclear arsenal?
