Could you teach me the meaning "Better have plenty"?
The floating island they are on is drifting southward all the time in a current. Doctor sought help for porpoises and they suggested that whales could push the island.

" We passed one herd of them out there, sporting about among the icebergs. We will ask them to come over. And if they aren't enough, We will try and hunt up some more. Better have plenty."

This is from a novel "The Voyages Of Doctor Dolittle". Could you teach me the meaning "Better have plenty"? Does it mean " We have whales as many as possible"?

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Could you teach me the meaning "Better have plenty"?
The floating island they are on is drifting southward all the time in a current. Doctor sought help for porpoises and they suggested that whales could push the island.

" We passed one herd of them out there, sporting about among the icebergs. We will ask them to come over. And if they aren't enough, We will try and hunt up some more. Better have plenty."

This is from a novel "The Voyages Of Doctor Dolittle". Could you teach me the meaning "Better have plenty"? Does it mean " We have whales as many as possible"?

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I think it can mean  either "it is better to have more than less" or "We'd better have plenty."

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you must have plenty -obligatory

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