"Glück im Unglück" meaning in German

{
  "etymology_text": "Literally, “good luck in bad luck”.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
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        "1": "de",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "n",
        "head": "Glück im Unglück(e)"
      },
      "expansion": "Glück im Unglück(e) n",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(literally, “We had good luck in bad luck because the oncoming lane was empty. …”)",
          "roman": "It was lucky that the oncoming lane was empty. Otherwise we’d be dead now.",
          "text": "Wir hatten Glück im Unglück, weil die Gegenfahrbahn frei war. Sonst wären wir jetzt tot.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a positive occurrence or coincidence that alleviates a mishap or accident; a situation where “it could have been worse”"
      ],
      "id": "en-Glück_im_Unglück-de-noun-US8RzCbV",
      "links": [
        [
          "positive",
          "positive"
        ],
        [
          "occurrence",
          "occurrence"
        ],
        [
          "coincidence",
          "coincidence"
        ],
        [
          "alleviate",
          "alleviate"
        ],
        [
          "mishap",
          "mishap"
        ],
        [
          "accident",
          "accident"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It was a blessing in disguise that I broke my leg, because otherwise I’d have never met my wife.",
          "text": "Es war Glück im Unglück, dass ich mir das Bein gebrochen habe, denn sonst hätte ich meine Frau nie kennen gelernt.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "blessing in disguise (less often and only when the good occurrence outweighs the bad)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Glück_im_Unglück-de-noun-13rRQrnI",
      "links": [
        [
          "blessing in disguise",
          "blessing in disguise"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Glück im Unglück"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German lemmas",
    "German multiword terms",
    "German neuter nouns",
    "German nouns"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally, “good luck in bad luck”.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "n",
        "head": "Glück im Unglück(e)"
      },
      "expansion": "Glück im Unglück(e) n",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(literally, “We had good luck in bad luck because the oncoming lane was empty. …”)",
          "roman": "It was lucky that the oncoming lane was empty. Otherwise we’d be dead now.",
          "text": "Wir hatten Glück im Unglück, weil die Gegenfahrbahn frei war. Sonst wären wir jetzt tot.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a positive occurrence or coincidence that alleviates a mishap or accident; a situation where “it could have been worse”"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "positive",
          "positive"
        ],
        [
          "occurrence",
          "occurrence"
        ],
        [
          "coincidence",
          "coincidence"
        ],
        [
          "alleviate",
          "alleviate"
        ],
        [
          "mishap",
          "mishap"
        ],
        [
          "accident",
          "accident"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It was a blessing in disguise that I broke my leg, because otherwise I’d have never met my wife.",
          "text": "Es war Glück im Unglück, dass ich mir das Bein gebrochen habe, denn sonst hätte ich meine Frau nie kennen gelernt.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "blessing in disguise (less often and only when the good occurrence outweighs the bad)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "blessing in disguise",
          "blessing in disguise"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Glück im Unglück"
}