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it could have been worse
01
used sarcastically to say that the situation is already quite bad or that the outcome is disappointing, despite the attempt to find a positive spin on it
Exemplos
I had to work on the weekend — oh, it could have been worse, I could ’ve had to work every single weekend!
02
used to express a sense of relief or gratitude that a situation or outcome, although not ideal, was not as bad as it could have been
