プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
まし
そんな友でもないよりましだ
Even such a friend is better than no friend (at all).
もう少しましなことは言えないのか
Can't you say anything [something a little] more sensible?
人の物を盗むくらいなら死んだほうがましだ
I would rather die than steal another's things.
このほうがまだましだね
This isn't quite as bad as that.／This is less unsatisfactory than that.