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be grateful/thankful 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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