Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for can't complain. Search instead for can-t-complain.
Synonyms

can't complain

Idioms  

  1. 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]

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

"Maybe a holiday with my friends would've been nice but I can't complain about a sunny month in London," Chathli tells BBC Sport.

From BBC • Aug. 23, 2025

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 • Oct. 6, 2024

Speaking on board the open top bus, he told fans he "can’t complain" about the way the season has gone.

From BBC • May 23, 2024

You can't complain and go, "It's so dreadful that someone stopped me to say hello or to take a selfie."

From Salon • Jan. 18, 2024

Maybe because I haven’t told anyone yet, and I know that means I can’t complain yet, either.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.