count your blessings
Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.
Also seen as: count one's blessings
Sense 1
Appreciate what you have
Examples
British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Listed on Wikipedia “List of proverbial phrases” (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-30; pending editor spot-check.
Sense 2
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
Sources & notes
Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review.
Common questions
What does “count your blessings” mean?
Appreciate what you have Literally: tallying good things
Is “count your blessings” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.