can't complain
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"I make sure I cook, clean and everything is done in the house before I leave, so he can't complain when I'm not there."
From BBC • Sep. 11, 2025
"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
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
But he added: “We are losing people, I’m not satisfied. We didn’t get all the weapons we wanted, I can’t be satisfied, but I also can’t complain too much.”
From Seattle Times • Nov. 30, 2023
“I’ll give Slughorn back the new one, he can’t complain, it cost nine Galleons.”
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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