Perhaps not, when you consider all the grim news on the pension front.

When I stopped by his office to hear the grim news, he looked up and actually smiled at me.

He knows about all the grim news on the British economy in recent weeks.

At one level, today's figures are obviously grim news for the government.

Philip was too tired to feel fear over the grim news he'd heard.

The grim news was still painful to hear, especially considering everything the away team had been through.

But a knock on its front door brought grim news.

Workers were given the grim news by union officials at a mass meeting.

Soon, the grim news began to spread: the buildings were falling down.

But in recent weeks, the families of about 40 men have received grim news.