the better part of {sth}
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the larger or more significant portion of a whole
The idiom "the better part of something" has been used in English for centuries and is rooted in the concept of comparing two or more parts of a whole, with one part being considered superior or more significant than the others. This phrase has been used in English for centuries and is rooted in the concept of comparing two or more parts of a whole, with one part being considered superior or more significant than the others.
- All of us had been travelling for the best part of a day.
- Sailors spend the better part of their time at sea.
- She really is weird, unsympathetic and is useless for the better part of the movie.
- They live here for the greater part of the year.
- We waited there for the better part of an hour.