"meno male" meaning in Italian

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      "expansion": "meno male",
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  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "mé‧no‧mà‧le"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "thank goodness!; That's a good thing!; luckily!"
      ],
      "id": "en-meno_male-it-intj-Me0OXmQw",
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          "thank goodness",
          "thank goodness"
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          "good",
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        ],
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ],
        [
          "luckily",
          "luckily"
        ]
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "it's a good thing that you finished!",
          "text": "Meno male che hai finito!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "it's a good thing that I didn't go to work today because there was a snowstorm this afternoon!",
          "text": "meno male che oggi non sono andato a lavorare perché c'è stata una bufera di neve nel pomeriggio!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "It's a good thing that..; It's a good job that..; It was lucky for me (or you, her, etc.) that."
      ],
      "id": "en-meno_male-it-intj-ha0TraPJ",
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          "che",
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        [
          "good",
          "good"
        ],
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ],
        [
          "job",
          "job"
        ],
        [
          "lucky",
          "lucky"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(followed by che) It's a good thing that..; It's a good job that..; It was lucky for me (or you, her, etc.) that."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "followed by che"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.no ˈma.le/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "menomale"
    }
  ],
  "word": "meno male"
}

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    "Italian lemmas",
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        "1": "it",
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      "expansion": "meno male",
      "name": "head"
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  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "mé‧no‧mà‧le"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "thank goodness!; That's a good thing!; luckily!"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "thank goodness",
          "thank goodness"
        ],
        [
          "good",
          "good"
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          "thing",
          "thing"
        ],
        [
          "luckily",
          "luckily"
        ]
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "it's a good thing that you finished!",
          "text": "Meno male che hai finito!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "it's a good thing that I didn't go to work today because there was a snowstorm this afternoon!",
          "text": "meno male che oggi non sono andato a lavorare perché c'è stata una bufera di neve nel pomeriggio!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "It's a good thing that..; It's a good job that..; It was lucky for me (or you, her, etc.) that."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "che",
          "che"
        ],
        [
          "good",
          "good"
        ],
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ],
        [
          "job",
          "job"
        ],
        [
          "lucky",
          "lucky"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(followed by che) It's a good thing that..; It's a good job that..; It was lucky for me (or you, her, etc.) that."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "followed by che"
      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.no ˈma.le/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "menomale"
    }
  ],
  "word": "meno male"
}