ないよりはあった方がマシかなという程度のシロモノの英語

Anybody is better than nobody.

The dearer thing is more economical in the end.

a state of being superior to the norm

Is there anything worse than being ordinary?

Rather than...

As between the two, I prefer a fool to a knave.

I have more, finer wrinkles than she does.

of the quality of something, the condition of being slightly inferior in comparison to similar objects

I prefer happiness to grandeur.

She will be better than ever.

the degree to which someone or something is superior to the norm

would [had] as lief…(as…)

the state of being obviously more excellent than others

sufficiently

Pickles are better than poor dishes.

Least said, soonest mended.

a condition of being incomparably excellent

the state of being superior to others

of someone or something, being by far superior to the ordinary

You had better go straight to the point.

a condition of being slightly better than someone else

I prefer the unkindness of the man I love to the kindness of the man I hate.

Things are getting better rather than worse.

The former is better than the latter.

It is safer to rise step by step than rise at a bound.

It's more blessed to give than to receive.

Cold is easier to stand than heat.

a thousand times easier

the condition of being exceptionally talented

the degree of superiority over ordinary things