meaning of "could do worse than"

[lost_soul]

Hi,

I can't make head or tail of the following sentence:

[Yankee]

Hi Alex

That's just a very indirect compliment and it basically means that the person sees the man (and his heroism) as a good role model for their son.

You know, in the part of Germany where I used to live, the Germans there used to tell me that the ultimate compliment in Swabia was "Nicht schlecht" ("Not bad").
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ESL teacher, translator, and a native speaker of American English