could be worse

(Things) could be worse

and (I) could be worse. a

response to a greeting meaning "My state is not as bad as it might be." (Not necessarily a direct answer.) John: How are you, Fred? Fred: Things could be worse. And you? John: Okay, I guess. Bob: Hi, Bob! What's happening? Bob: I could be worse. What's new with you?

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Olga	OL-gah (Russian), AWL-gah (Polish, German)	Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Latvian, Hungarian, Itali
PaŬLo	POW-lo	Esperanto
Daisy	['deizi]
GÜNay	-	Turkish, Azerbaijani
Cherette	shə-RET	English (Rare)
Johnna	JAHN-ə	English