be grateful for small mercies

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be grateful/thankful for small mercies

if someone should be grateful for small mercies, they should feel grateful that something good has happened, although it is not everything that they wanted They've agreed to end the meeting half an hour early. I suppose we should be thankful for small mercies.

See also: mercy, small

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Of course the manager will be grateful for small mercies in this competition. NO FRINGE; Reds march on - but it's a second class show by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) Byline: GORDON WADDELL WE may get fed up with some fans of our two main clubs still living in the 1600s but we should be grateful for small mercies - at least that's AD. STONE AGE ZENIT SCUM by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland) In April 2000 a machine actually fell on a house quite near us, so be grateful for small mercies in Grangetown. Letter: Are they coming to beam us up? by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)			be flesh and blood be floating on air be flying high be footloose and fancy-free be for be for the asking be for the best be for the birds be for the faint-hearted be for the high jump be for the taking be fresh from be fresh out of be full of be full of beans be full of crap be full of holes be full of piss and vinegar be full of the joys of spring be game be going begging be going great guns be going spare be gone on Be good be grateful for small mercies be green about the gills be green with envy be gunning for be half bad be half the [dancer etc.] used to be be half the battle be half-cut be half-dead be hanging over be hard pressed be hard put be hard up be head over heels be heading for a fall be heavy going be hell on wheels be hell-bent on be hoist by own petard be home and dry be home free be honour-bound be hopping mad be hot off the press be hot stuff be hunky-dory			be given the chop be given the gate be given the gate be given the gate be given the gate be given the rations be given the rations be given the rations be given to understand Be Glad To be gluttonous be going be going be going be going be going begging be going great guns be going spare Be Gone be gone on Be Good Be Good Be Good Humans be good to Be Good to People Be Good, Do Good be governed by be gracious be graduated be granted a legacy be grateful for small mercies be greater be greater in value be greater in weight be greedy be green about the gills be green around the gills be green with envy be guarded be guided by be guilty of be guilty of infraction be gunning for be half bad be half the [dancer etc.] used to be be half the battle be half-cut be half-dead be handed down to be handed over be hanging over be hanging over head be hanging over head be hanging over head be hanging over head be hanging over head Be Happy Be happy to be harbinger

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