A wooden ruler balanced on a tin can, with a gold trophy at the raised end and a purple sock at the lower end.

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Animal

Better you than me.

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker is glad that a bad turn has landed on someone else and spared them. It is a blunt, faintly cheeky shrug of relief, admitting selfishness without much apology. The tone is casual rather than tender, more a sigh of escape than an expression of sympathy.

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