Bittersweet victory

A "bittersweet victory" is when you get what you want, but at a cost

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Use this expression when you want to say that something ended well, even if it was painful getting there. For example, if you ran out of gas on your way to the movies, but you were able to see the same movie later that night, you might say “All’s well that ends well.” That’s because you did get delayed, but you got to see your movie in the end. In today’s episode, I suggested that “all’s well that ends well” after the passengers on Norwegian Air’s flight got out of Iran.

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