CAN'T COMPLAIN Definition & Meaning

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Idioms and Phrases

Used as a response meaning fairly good or well, to questions such as “How are you?” or “How is business?” For example, How've you been?—Can't complain . This term means that nothing serious is wrong. [Mid-1800s]

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Example Sentences

It’s a full house, but he can’t complain, he said.

From Los Angeles Times

But since it modernized in the 1990s, he said he can’t complain.

From Los Angeles Times

“They can’t deny you if you just win. You can’t complain if you just win.”

From Los Angeles Times

Molina said her grandpa had taken her to register as soon as she turned 18, telling her, “You can’t complain if you don’t vote.”

From Los Angeles Times

"I can't complain, I'm hanging in there and on the right side of the dirt," she says.

From BBC

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