English Idioms with word good
Idiom |
Meaning |
Sentence |
as good as gold |
said of a well-behaved child |
Bob is as good as gold most of the time. He's a very polite child. |
do someone good |
be good for someone’s health |
Why don’t you take a short holiday? It would do you good. |
do someone a good turn |
do someone a favour in order to help him |
I like Bob. Just after the war he did me a really good turn and I’ve never forgotten it. |
for good |
forever, permanently |
Kathrine’s gone to Canada - for good. She’s not coming back. |
have a good time |
enjoy oneself |
I wasn’t looking forward to the staff party, but we all had a really good time. |
a good deal |
a lot of, often |
My sister travelled in Canada a good deal when she was a student. |
a good few / many |
quite a lot, several |
There were a good few people at the concert last night. |
as good as one's word |
true to one's promise, absolutely reliable |
Susan is as good as her word. If she said she'd help you, then she will. |
be in someone's good books |
be in favour with someone |
He has been in his teacher's good books since he started learning harder. |
good for nothing |
having no good qualities, lazy, unreliable |
I've never liked him. He's a good for nothing. |