count one's blessings

verb

Definitions

  1. To focus one's attention on the circumstances of one's life which are pleasant or…

    To focus one's attention on the circumstances of one's life which are pleasant or fortunate, especially with the intention of diverting one's thoughts from serious or disagreeable matters.

    • Of course if she begins to preach, and to tell me to count my blessings, I shall send her away.
    • Rupert Murdoch isn't somebody to sit back and count his blessings.
    • The other out-of-town Dons patiently listened, perhaps counting their blessings that each had a city all to himself.

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