Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

be thankful for small mercies

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.65 in modern English

Syllables: be thank-ful -for s-mal-l- mer-cies
IPA

46

Scrabble Score

25

Letters

7

Syllables

16

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

Even though things are bad, you should remember that the situation could be worse and therefore be happy about the little things that are good.

Questions

What does be thankful for small mercies mean?: Even though things are bad, you should remember that the situation could be worse and therefore be happy about the little things that are good.

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