That is what they meant by "things can only get better".

Feel upset by things that remind you of what happened.

She could trace the events of her life by such things.

The sensing of light by living things is almost universal.

"I told him not to get down by things in the paper," she said.

The purpose of the club was to provide children with the means to earn a living other than by selling things in the street.

What do we mean by things getting better rather than worse?

"What do you mean by 'as things stand at present'?"

It is for ladies who do not set much stock by foreign things.

As time went by bad things started happened to Yen.