meno male
/menoh-maleh/
Expression - English - 'thank god, thank goodness'
*Literally, 'meno male' (sometimes written 'menomale') means 'less bad', which doesn't make any sense in this context. However, thank goodness? That doesn't really make sense in English so you can't literally translate them from either language.
"Mamma, ho trovato la mia scarpa." - "Oh meno male!"
"Mum, I've found my shoe." - "Oh thank goodness!"
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