Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

worse things happen at sea

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.52 in modern English

Syllables: worse things hap-pen at sea
IPA

36

Scrabble Score

22

Letters

2

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

Things are not as bad as they seem.

Example Sentences

"Some people console themselves with the thought that, basically, worse things happen at sea: in middle-class Britain today, particularly familied fortysomethings, it’s Chicken-Licken time."

Questions

What does worse things happen at sea mean?: Things are not as bad as they seem.

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