| 单词 | to make good |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make good Phrases P1. to make good. a. To put right a deficiency. ΚΠ a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 103 (MED) Þe senatoures spended suche foure money as þey were woned..as it were forto make good for þe cherles trespas. 1423 Guildhall Let.-bk. in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 112 (MED) Þat euereche seke man..fallen in suche pouerte þat he sufficeth nat to make good for þe labours of his Phisician, or of his Cirurgean, [etc.]. 1810 Splendid Follies II. 7 I like to make good for the trumpeters, and blow up such a tune as would collect a gaping multitude from a mile distant. (b) To repay (something that is owed); to pay for; (more generally) to compensate or atone for. (i) transitive. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > compensate or make up for restorea1325 to make good1389 boot1393 rewarda1398 supplya1398 to make up1472 upset1513 to fetch again1535 redeem1590 balance1594 pay1596 unpay1600 to make out1610 requitea1613 to pay home1625 encourage1628 compensate1646 compensate1656 reprise1662 to take up1662 to fetch up1665 to pay off1717 indemnify1750 to bring up arrears1788 equalize1866 reparate1956 1389 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 49 Þat alle þe costages that be mad aboute hym be mad good of þe box. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xvii. l. 77 What he speneth more I make þe good here-after. 1480 in H. E. Malden Cely Papers (1900) 36 To make good all the costes and lossys that shall happon. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke xii. f. xcviijv I tell the thou departest not thence, tyll thou have made goode the vtmose farthynge. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie S 714 If any thing was stollen away, I euer made it good. 1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 119 If a Factor by errour of account doe wrong vnto a Merchant, hee is to amend and to make good the same. 1674 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester viii. 100 It is called Codillio when the Player is beasted, and another wins more Tricks than he, when this takes up the Stakes and the Other makes it good. 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables cccxlvi. 302 Every Distinct Being has somewhat Peculiar to it self, to make Good in one Circumstance what it Wants in Another. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 258 If you will make good our Pay to us. 1757 in L. Scrafton Indostan (1770) 67 What has been plundered by his people [shall be] made good. 1850 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles (ed. 3) vii. 192 Making good at least a part of the error by its unreserved confession. 1884 Manch. Examiner 29 May 4/7 Any deficiency in repayment shall be made good out of the county cess. 1960 V. Dover & G. A. Calver Banker's Guide Marine Insurance of Goods 287 If incurred as a consequence of a peril insured against, particular average is made good by underwriters subject to the conditions of the policy. 1992–3 Free Inq. Winter 8/1 An Arkansas bank has garnisheed Falwell's personal pay to make good loans he had personally secured. (ii) intransitive. With on. ΚΠ 1893 Bankers' Mag. May 835 The directors have anticipated the loss which the company may ultimately have to make good on. 1966 C. Siragusa & R. Wiedrich Trail of Poppy vi. 98 Coppola agreed to make good on the bum load of heroin. 1978 Washington Post (Nexis) 24 July a7 Roberts said yesterday that the senator's willingness to make good on any rembursements does not mean that Talmadge agrees with charges he ‘improperly’ received the money. 1993 Toronto Sun 17 June 71/2 If the average family of four had to make good on the debt, it would be hit with $90,000 more in taxes. 2005 Sunday Tel. (Sydney) 20 Nov. (Queensland ed.) 144/1 The FBI is still investigating because the Department of Treasury made good on the forged bonds. (c) transitive. To replace, repair, or restore to good condition (something damaged, faulty, or worn); to repair (damage). Also intransitive: to restore or repair something, esp. a surface; to fill or raise something up to a specified level. Frequently in Building. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > put right [verb (transitive)] > put right (a wrong or loss) winc1220 righta1275 astorec1300 addressa1325 reform1405 dressc1410 redressa1413 arightc1420 refound1497 richa1500 redub1531 repair1533 to make good1569 reducec1592 remend1592 to set up1610 to get up1688 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 128 If any were perished by keping, then the Abbot to make them good. c1592 C. Marlowe Jew of Malta v. iv Till thy father hath made good The ruins done to Malta and to us. 1655 T. Harvey tr. G. B. Spagnoli Bucolicks ii. 10 We..By day, by night did labour to make good The ruin'd banks against the raging flood. 1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture II. 129/2 In making good this break you must not work it up quite to the rest of the building. 1791 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse §38 A set of short balks were laid..upon the next step..so as to make good up to the surface of the third step. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §121 The space which had been previously occupied by the rock so cut down must have been made good by fresh Matter. 1840 A. Bartholomew Specif. Pract. Archit. 427 To make good [railing] up to the new building the inclosure. 1884 Law Times Rep. 51 161/2 The appellants undertook..to make good any damage done to the property. 1884 Building News 30 May 825/2 Allow for taking up and rejointing and relaying street paving, and make good up to new work. 1889 Yorks. Archæol. Jrnl. 10 556 They have been entirely removed and the place made good with plain stonework. 1944 J. B. Parry in R. Greenhalgh Pract. Builder viii. 282/2 Here, the comparatively simple preparation of making good any cracks or slight defects with Keene's or other hardwall plaster. 2006 P. Hymers Converting to Eco-friendly Home i. 29 They can only be installed with extra building work to make good around them. 2012 N. Foster EU Law Direct. (ed. 3) ix. 246 The Commission was held liable to make good the damage resulting from the discovery of the applicant's identity. (d) Poker. intransitive. To increase one’s existing bet, esp. an ante or blind, to match the amounts already bet by other players; to call. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > poker > [verb (transitive)] > actions or tactics see1804 to make good1821 call1840 bluff1846 straddle1864 fill1865 to cash in1884 stack1896 slow-play1967 slow-roll1996 1821 G. Long Hoyle's Games Improved 163 If the ante is doubled, the eldest hand having looked at the cards first dealt him must either make good (i.e. put in as much as will make his ante equal to the last double) or bolt. 1895 ‘Templar’ Poker Man. 4 If he determines to play on, he ‘makes good’, as the expression is; that is, he adds to his ante as much as will make his total stake equal to that of each of the other players. 1929 F. Arnold & H. Johnston Poker 150 Make good. To add sufficient to an ante or bet to meet a raise. 1950 L. H. Dawson Hoyle's Games Modernized i. 122 B..does not fancy his chance of improving as worth another yellow, so refuses to ‘make good’, and retires. b. transitive. To prove. (a) To prove (something, as a statement, a charge, a boast, etc.) to be true or valid; to demonstrate the truth of; to substantiate. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > prove, demonstrate [verb (transitive)] i-sothea925 soothec950 fanda1000 kitheOE betell1048 showc1175 prove?c1225 treousec1275 stablisha1325 approve1340 verifyc1386 justifya1393 tryc1412 answer?a1425 appreve?c1450 to make gooda1470 convictc1475 averifyc1503 arguea1513 find1512 pree1515 comprobate1531 demonstrate1538 conclude1549 convince1555 argument1558 evict1571 avoucha1593 evidencea1601 remonstrate1601 clear1605 attaint1609 monstrate1609 evince1610 evince1611 improve1613 remonstrance1621 to make out1653 ascertain1670 to bring off1674 to make (something) to through1675 render1678 substantiatea1691 establisha1704 to bring out1727 realize1763 validate1775 a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) III. 1188 Quene Gwenyver..ys as trew a lady unto youre person as ys ony lady lyvynge unto her lorde, and that woll I make good with my hondis. 1529 tr. M. Luther in tr. Erasmus Exhort. Studye Script. sig. E.jv Nother have they so made good the cause of their chastite. 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet v. iii. 285 These letters doe make good the Fryers wordes. View more context for this quotation 1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 122 Some..take by admittance that which they cannot make good. 1664 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders (new ed.) i. sig. f5 You will..make good..that you are not of those who content themselves with..out-sides of books. 1715 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 39 He should be obliged to make good his charge or be censured. 1772 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra II. lxviii. 310 I am now to make good my charge against you. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe I. xi. 226 I should like to hear how that is made good. 1875 E. White Life in Christ (1878) iii. xxi. 303 His general argument has been made good on other grounds. 1915 Boys' Life Nov. 33/1 The more than two hundred illustrations drawn to measure by the author himself are sure to help to make good his claim that the book is ‘written so any one can understand it’. 1987 B. MacLaverty Great Profundo 33 I had brought him a bottle of Bushmills and challenged him to make good his boast. 2008 Housing Law Rep. 347 [The claimant], in my judgement, makes good his complaint. (b) to make it good on a person's body: to use physical violence to force someone into conceding a point or accepting the truth of one's assertion. ΚΠ 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. clxi. 196 I shulde make it good on you incontynent that ye haue no right to bere my deuyce. a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 54/2 I tel the thei haue so done, & that I will make good on thy body traitour. 1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes sig. B4 Behold, here stands he that will make it good on thy foure Letters bodie, that thou art a filthy vaine foole. 1596 J. Harington New Disc. Aiax sig. H3v I..wil make it good on their persons, from pin to pyke. 1646 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. F. Biondi Hist. Civil Warres Eng. II. vii. 97 He told him it was true, and that hee would make it good upon his body Traytor that he was. 1690 J. Phillips Secret Hist. Reigns Charles II & James II 85 He was a Chivalier, and better Born than Himself, and would make it Good on Him with his Sword. c. To secure. ΚΠ 1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) i. iv. sig. e.ii The godfader & godmoder ben pledges & maketh good for hym. 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Abono Making good, or undertaking for another, vadimonium. 1642 E. Waller Vindic. King sig. A2 It's too great a hazard on his part to adventure what our consciences enforce us to make good for Him on our part. 1773 T. Sadler Compl. Syst. Pract. Arithm. 338 He resolved his friend should make good for the use of the money lent to him. (b) transitive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] > achieve success (of persons) > make good one's cause or position to hold partya1375 to make one's party (also part) good?1520 ?1520 A. Barclay tr. Sallust Cron. Warre agaynst Iugurth xi. f. xvi Bycause he [sc. Adherball] was nat able..to make his partie good, he fled vnto Rome. 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 11 David, beyng wonderfully over-matched, made his partie good, and gotte the gole of a monster. ?1556 E. P. in tr. T. Cranmer Confut. Verities Pref. sig. B.iiii For the pope, then being in warre with the French king, to make his part good & the stronger, procured the Bishops of the church of England..to entytle the kyng to his right of the realme & crown of Fraunce. 1594 H. Charteris in Lyfe & Actis William Wallace Pref. sig. *iiijv Quhen he enterit in combat, he was scarce able to mak his partie gude, to ye..subversioun of this commounwealth. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxxi. ix. 415 He..by valiant resistance had made his part good, & departed out of the field on even hand. 1631 P. Heylyn Hist. St. George 53 To make good his party, against these severall Squadrons. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 6 A man hath much ado to make his party good against them [sc. gnats]. 1693 tr. G. de Foigny New Discov. Terra Incognita xiii. 176 It was impossible for this poor Creature to make his part good, as..the two Birds were each of them as strong as himself. 1723 J. Barker Patch-work Screen for Ladies iii. 102 We will leave him to make his Party good, as well as he can, amidst the Censure of his Neighbours. 1732 tr. J. de La Roque Voy. Arabia Fœlix v. 157 He try'd several Times to make his Part good, but the Return of the Waves carry'd him back into the Sea in an instant. 1778 A. Murphy Know your own Mind iii. 54 Make your party good with Miss Neville. 1812 M. Edgeworth Vivian xii, in Tales Fashionable Life IV. 335 Julia has made her party good with him, for he writes me word he cannot part with her. 1823 W. Scott Waverley I. xi. 208 It was resting on their support that he was enabled to make his party good against the hatred of the nobles. 1845 A. Marsh Mount Sorel I. ii. 30 This fine estate had fallen into the hands of one who well understood..how to make his part good with the influential under the new order of things. (ii) To make secure against attack; to gain and maintain (one's ground, a position, etc.). Also: †to secure (a prisoner) (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > retain or keep [verb (transitive)] holda855 haveeOE witec1000 at-holdc1175 withholdc1200 keepc1400 reserve?a1439 retain1449 detain1541 to stick to ——1560 contain1600 to make good1606 preserve1617 inhold1726 to hang on to1873 the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > adhere constantly or steadfastly to [verb (transitive)] to stand in ——a1382 abidea1393 saddena1500 to bide bya1513 to stick to ——?1531 to stout out1568 to make good1606 winter1608 buckle1793 maintain1819 1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. 116 b His own kingdom..he long honorably had made good against his enemies. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 166 This Fort his Lp. and his Company made good, till he was relieved from the Lord Deputie. 1643 Declar. Commons conc. Rebellion in Ireland 42 But being unarmed..they could not make good their Prisoners. 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. i. 53 The Bear..b'ing bound In honour to make good his ground. 1722 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack 274 Tho' we made good our Ground a long time, yet our Men were almost half of them cut in peices. 1804 W. Tennant Indian Recreat. (ed. 2) I. 326 The invaders have hardly any opportunity of making good a livelihood in the field. 1843 T. Arnold & J. C. Hare Hist. Rome III. 117 The walls..of Rome were ordered to be made good against an attack. 1914 D. Haig Diary 20 Aug. in War Diaries & Lett. 1914–18 (2005) 60 Make good one's hold on tactical points as the attack progresses. Use of RE, companies and machine guns for this. 2004 Afr. News (Nexis) 9 Nov. Both the NLC and the police, determined to make good their positions. d. To carry out successfully. (a) To fulfil (a promise, obligation, threat, etc.). (i) transitive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > carrying out > execute, perform, or carry out [verb (transitive)] > achieve or effect helpc1410 obtain?a1425 procurec1425 practise?a1439 upholdc1450 furnish1477 to bring about1480 to bring to passc1513 conduce1518 contrive1530 to make good1535 moyen1560 effect1581 effectuatea1586 to level out1606 operate1637 to carry offa1640 efficiate1639 work1761 engineer1831 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Chron. vi. 16 Make good vnto my father Dauid..that which thou hast promysed him. 1619 tr. Reasons Bohemia to reiect Archiduke Ferdinand 15 Now in what fashion King Ferdinand hath made good his oath..is notorious to the whole world. 1677 J. Brown Christ the Way 127 How can we then but be troubled, when we finde not this promise made good? 1712 E. Budgell Spectator No. 404. ⁋2 Nature makes good her Engagements. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. v. 97 Keeping upon his Guard, in order to make good his Resolution. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward III. x. 271 Will you make good your promise? 1866 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 1st Ser. 174 A discredited prophet unable to make good his word. 1957 F. Hoyle Black Cloud (1960) 183 While there's just the possibility that I could make good my threat, they'll lay off the strong arm stuff. 2011 Sun (Nexis) 9 Feb. (Scotland ed.) 43 David Cameron must make good his pledge to root out those responsible. (ii) intransitive with on. ΚΠ 1905 Trade (Detroit) 28 June 25/3 Merchants..who will not promise delivery unless they mean to make good on it. 1924 Bridgeport (Connecticut) Telegram 2 Feb. 24/1 Miss Wills is too bashful and publicity shy to make good on the being interviewed proposition. 1971 J. Blume Then again, maybe I Won't 58 Now he couldn't make good on his promise. 1983 National Jrnl. 19 Mar. 605/2 The Italian central bank refused to make good on the obligations of Banco Ambrosiano..when its shadily run Luxembourg subsidiary folded. 2004 Hotdog Apr. 47/1 [He] sets off cross-country to make good on the vow. (b) transitive. To succeed in carrying out (an action, one's purpose) or following (one's course or path); now usually in to make good one's escape. ΚΠ 1651 Faithfull Scout No. 8. 50 Massey made good his retreat. 1701 W. Wotton Hist. Rome 208 His Men would make good his Attempt. 1779 F. Hervey et al. Naval Hist. Great Brit. III. iv. ii. 24 The French fleet had made good their escape. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §129 She might..make her course good to land us at Fowey. 1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters (1858) 522 Making good his upward way from his original place at the compositor's frame, to the editorship of a provincial paper. 1893 Earl of Dunmore Pamirs I. 314 The rebels managed to make good their retreat. 1911 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 29 Apr. 13/4 Two robbers..took $160, all the money in the register, and made good their escape. 1971 A. Pagden tr. H. Cortes Lett. from Mexico iii. 243 They thought that once the Tascaltecans came to cross the water, where the danger was greatest, they would make good their revenge. 2007 M. Hamid Reluctant Fundamentalist (2008) iii. 36 Already they are streaking away, making good their escape. (c) intransitive. Originally U.S. (i) To satisfy expectations or requirements; to do what has been promised or is expected. Cf. to deliver (also come up with, produce) the goods at Phrases 7a. ΚΠ 1899 G. Ade Doc' Horne vi. 57 So you made good with the gun-play did you. 1908 G. H. Lorimer Jack Spurlock v. 89 I need work and I need it quick. Give me a show and I'll make good. 1908 Daily Chron. 25 Feb. 6/7 I made good, as the Yankees say, with my songs. 1913 San Francisco Bull. 12 Mar. 19/1 Pat is a conscientious worker. He wants to make good and states that he will do so even at the loss of an arm. 1927 Daily Tel. 7 Mar. 2/3 The board consider that the company will now make good. (ii) To achieve success in life; to become rich and successful. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] > achieve success (of persons) speed993 achievec1300 escheve?a1400 succeed1509 to turn up trumps1595 fadge1611 to nick ita1637 to hit the mark (also nail, needle, pin)1655 to get on1768 to reap, win one's laurels1819 to go a long way1859 win out1861 score1882 to make it1885 to make a ten-strike1887 to make the grade1912 to make good1914 to bring home the bacon1924 to go places1931 1914 G. Atherton Perch of Devil i. 58 Ability and talent make good as always. 1928 E. O'Neill Strange Interlude iii. 94 I'm making good, all right. 1935 Amer. Mercury Feb. 150/1 How can Al Smith again stand forth as the paladin of the plain people, as the wearer of the Brown Derby, the Oliver Street boy who made good. 1958 J. Wain Contenders i. 15 He was the white-collar one of the family, the one who was going to make good. 1991 Times Educ. Suppl. 4 Jan. 26/4 Behind the stories..is the theme—in anthropomorphic disguise—of the poor boy who makes good. 2011 Wall St. Jrnl. 12 Sept. a17/5 His community treated him as a local boy made good. P2. Phrases with other verbs. a. With become. to become good for: (Scottish) to take responsibility for another's performance of an undertaking; to stand surety. Now rare. Sc. National Dict. records this sense as still in use in 1955. ΚΠ 1645 S. Rutherford Tryal & Triumph of Faith vii. 49 He is become good to the Father for us. 1828 D. M. Moir Life Mansie Wauch xviii. 265 I tell't Maister Wiggie,..that I could almost become guid for your being mair wary of your conduct for the future time to come. (a) to can (any, much, etc.) good: to have (some, much, etc.) knowledge or understanding. Also to can no good: to be uneducated or ignorant. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > be versed or skilled [verb (intransitive)] > be highly accomplished to can mickle goodOE the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > do something unskilfully [verb (intransitive)] > be untrained to can mickle goodOE OE tr. Gospel of Nicodemus (Cambr.) ii. §4. 155 Þa andswaredon þa Iudeas þe ðær ænig god cuðon, þæt wæron Lazar and Asterius. c1175 ( Ælfric Homily (Bodl. 343) in S. Irvine Old Eng. Homilies (1993) 25 Heo mihten icnawæn, ȝif heo cyðen æniȝ god, þæt nan mon ne mihte makiȝen swylce tacnæ butan Gode sylfum. a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 81 Alswa lihtliche..he misdoð al swo he ðe non god ne cann. a1400 Ancrene Riwle (Pepys) (1976) 72 Ȝif hij couþen good hij nolden nouȝth done so as hij done. c1435 (c1395) G. Chaucer Squire's Tale (Sloane 1685) (1874) Prol. l. 1169 Ye lernyd men..Can moche gode by goddes dignyte. a1450 ( G. Chaucer Bk. Duchess (Tanner 346) (1871) l. 390 A whelp þat..koude no goode. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xlix. l. 24 (MED) Be hym that mochel good kanne, that ladde the Children of Israel thorw þe Rede se! (b) to can one's good: to know what is good for oneself; (later also) to know how to behave properly. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > behave well [verb (intransitive)] > know how to behave to can one's goodc1405 to know (also keep) one's placea1500 c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) Prol. l. 231 A wys wyf, if that she kan hir good Shal bere hym an hond the Cow is wood. a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) v. l. 106 This Diomede as he þat koude his good whan þis was don gan fallen forth in speche Of þis and þat. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 1305 He hym cast to stondyn at his large, Withoute errour, as he þat koude his gode. 1513 Lydgate's Troye Bk. (Pynson) i. v. C i b For who was euer yet so mad or wood That ought of reason konne a ryght his good To gyue fayth..To any woman without experyence. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward V f. xviv An honest manne and one that could his good. 1606 G. Chapman Monsieur D'Oliue iv. i. sig. H Well, he sayes you can your good, you may be waiting woman to any dame in Europe. c. With come. (a) to come to good: to come to fruition; to turn out successfully or well; to achieve success. Cf. to turn to good at Phrases 2g, to come to —— 5a at come v. Phrasal verbs 2. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > dream > [verb (intransitive)] > of a dream: come true to come to goodOE the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > yield good produce or result [verb (intransitive)] to come to good1623 OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Vitell.) (1984) iii. 44 Gif man forbærned sy genime fifleafan þa wyrt, bere on him, ðonne cweþað cræftige men þæt him ð[æt] to gode cume [L. herbam quinquefolium portatam prodesse]. a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 9 (MED) Hu scolde oðermonnes goddede comen him to gode þe nefre..nanes godes ne rohte? a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 5070 Al was for i tald a drem þat cummen es now to godd, i tem. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark. iiij. f. xxxiiij The sede is sprongen into grasse, whiche by ye grenenes of innocencie, puttethe euery manne in a ioyefull hope that it wyll proue well, and come to good. 1623 W. Balcanquhall Serm. St. Maries Spittle 98 The seede that came to no good in the thirteenth of Matthew. 1671 J. Sharp Midwives Bk. vi. v. 368 But when children suck so over-long, as three or four years, I seldome hear of any of them that ever come to good. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. ii. iv. 158 I Never knew any of these forward Sluts come to good. 1850 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 708/1 The marriages of English people with foreigners seldom come to good. 1884 Sat. Rev. 7 June 731/2 The scheme..could not..have come to good. 1907 F. P. Stearns Life & Public Service G. L. Stearns ii. 34 He had several sons..who never came to good. 1930 J. Ord Bothy Songs & Ballads 383 Yestreen I was the beggar's bride, This nicht I will lie by his side; I've come to good by my misguide, I'm now the young Knight's lady. 1996 M. Drabble Witch of Exmoor 179 Gogo, hearing this news, was struck with a chill of fear. It could not, nor it would not come to good. (b) to come good for. (i) Chiefly North American. To pay for; to cover the cost of. ΚΠ 1833 T. Carlyle Let. 21 May in Coll. Lett. T. & J. W. Carlyle (1977) VI. 391 He also writes to Mrs. Welsh that he will ‘come good for it’. 1862 Abstr. Proc. Land Commissioners' Court Prince Edward Island 77 The farm was taken off his hands by another man who came good for the rent. 1910 Northwestern Reporter 125 714/1 I will come good for his dues, so as to make you all right. Send your policy in. I will come good for those dues. I will pay them myself. 1916 Detroit Med. Jrnl. Mar. 130 If he continues to employ his own family physician the said company will not come good for the doctor's fee for which the patient must become responsible himself. 1951 Rotarian July 42/2 ‘Say, fellow, you're going to have to come good for these papers,’ I said. ‘Here's a quarter to help you out.’ 2001 H. Sawler Penguin Man 218 Tommy the asshole bartender would likely have to come good for the charges. (ii) = to become good for at Phrases 2a. ΚΠ 1892 W. Ramage Last Words xxxiv. 322 Having come good for the transgressor the surety could be spared no part of the punishment. (c) to come good: to turn out successfully, reach fruition; to achieve success; (also) to fulfil an obligation, promise, etc. (cf. Phrases 1d(a)). ΚΠ 1847 Knickerbocker 29 377 Sassafras is ‘coming good’ now too in the woods; and so is ‘crinkle-root’. 1907 W. Jekyll Jamaican Song & Story 110 Never min'; by the time me re'ch up mine voice will come good. 1974 P. White Let. 20 Jan. (1994) xii. 431 James Allison, who had been promising to let me see it since before Christmas, came good the other day. 1989 Viz Dec. 33 Don't worry boss. It'll come good. After all, the season hasn't even started yet. 2001 Kerryman 11 Oct. 3/3 The supermarket had come good on the commitment it had given..to find a suitable replacement for the town centre store. d. With do. (a) to do good. (i) To act rightly or virtuously; (in later use) spec. to involve oneself in charitable or philanthropic work. Cf. good doer n., good-doing n., do-gooder n., do-gooding adj. and n. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > do good or act rightly [verb (intransitive)] to do goodeOE to do notec1275 righta1393 eOE (Mercian) Vespasian Psalter (1965) xiii. 2 (1) Non est qui faciat bonum non est usque ad unum : nis se ðe doe god nis oð enne. OE Ælfric Homily: De Duodecim Abusivis (Corpus Cambr. 178) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 297 Þæt [sc. accidia] is asolcennyss.., þonne þam men ne lyst nan good don on his life. a1225 (?c1175) Poema Morale (Lamb.) 17 in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 161 Erȝe we beoð to done god. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 93 Þe put deð muche god. moni ancre. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Jer. xviii. 10 Othinking Y shal do vp on the good that Y spac, that Y shulde do to it. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Acts x. D Iesus..wente aboute, & dyd good. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Tim. vi. D Charge them which are riche..That they do good. 1640 J. Shirley St. Patrick v. sig. H3v I cannot doe good upon water and sallads. 1691 J. Hartcliffe Treat. Virtues 399 By his being well directed in his Morals, to refuse evil and to do good. 1796 S. Beaufoy Divine Cordial 12 in Guide True Pilgrims Much is said, in the present day, about man's ability to do good; and refuse evil. 1879 ‘E. Garrett’ House by Wks. II. 102 Sometimes I doubt if she will be as ready to begin doing good again. 1914 L. Woolf Wise Virgins viii. 163 The young and old ladies of Richstead were not behind the young and old ladies of other suburbs in the many-sided and flattering pursuit of ‘doing good’. 2011 Independent 13 Apr. 15/4 As Tal Ben-Shahar, the academic who introduced happiness to Harvard undergraduates, says, ‘If you want to feel good, do good.’ (ii) With to (also †till) or indirect object (dative in Old English). To show kindness to; to improve the condition of, be beneficial to. Also to do a good to. Also with non-referential it as subject and infinitive clause as complement (e.g. it would do you good to make more effort).Cf. to do oneself a bit of no good at Phrases 8b. ΚΠ OE Ælfric Let. to Wulfsige (Corpus Cambr.) in B. Fehr Die Hirtenbriefe Ælfrics (1914) 13 Hi sceolon gebiddan geornlice for þone cyning & for heora bisceop & for þa, þe him god doð. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11806 (MED) Hu had he hert to sced þair blod þat neuer did til him bot godd? 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) ix. 217 I cowde nother ete nor drynke ony thyng that dyde me goode. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 18v Some of them doo good to the grounde the yeere folowyng. 1599 Hist. Syr Clyomon & Clamydes sig. Fv It will do thee good to see What canuosing is at the milking time, betweene her and mee. a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iii. iii. 24 I'de such a courage to do him good . View more context for this quotation 1695 Ld. Preston tr. Boethius Of Consol. Philos. i. 17 I had no other end in aspiring to the Magistracy, than that one, of doing good to all. 1773 J. Berridge Christian World Unmasked 49 It would do you good to see, how smerkingly they go to church in summer. 1780 J. Boswell Jrnl. 22 Feb. in Edinb. Jrnls. 1767–86 (2001) xii. 377 Soup and small beer and toasted bake did me good. 1828 Museum of Foreign Lit., Sci. & Art July 231 In supporting such a project he has done a good to his country, which even England could hardly repay. 1842 Ld. Houghton Let. 28 Nov. in T. W. Reid Life Ld. Houghton (1890) I. vii. 287 His pretty, dressy wife, too, does him no good, as she does nothing to please or attach the people. 1850 H. Melville White-jacket I. xxxvi. 239 We cannot do a good to America, but we give alms to the world. 1906 R. E. Beach Spoilers xxii. 308 If only by freeing this other villain as well as her uncle he would do a good to her, then he would not hesitate. c1934 D. Thomas Coll. Lett. (1987) 109 I've chain-smoked for nearly five years; which must have done me a lot of good. 1980 J. Aiken Weeping Ash 85 It will do her good to walk her for a mile, till she dries off. 2012 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 7 Apr. (Gardening section) 9 The exercise will do you good. (b) to do no good and variants: to come to no good result; to make no progress; to fail to thrive or succeed. ΚΠ 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 314 He finding no good to be done with me, began [etc.]. a1784 S. Johnson in H. L. Piozzi Anecd. Johnson (1786) 208 His learning does no good, and his wit..gives us no pleasure. 1855 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 16 i. 29 The animal..falls out of condition; he appears ‘to do no good’, to use a familiar..phrase. 1921 A. A. Milne Sunny Side in Those were the Days (1929) (ed. 2) 700 Johnny will never do any good at Polwollop, I fear. 1992 Caribbean Week Apr. 25/4 Pleas from native Indian groups around the Caribbean, including the Carib chief in Dominica, did no good. 2011 H. Pool Stranger in Taiwan 15 Although one of my duties was to help calm the trainees down before their observed practice, it rarely did any good. (c) much good may it do you and variants: see much adj. 2g. to do a person's heart good: see heart n., int., and adv. Phrases 6b. to do more harm than good: see harm n. 1a. e. With know. to know one's good: = to can one's good at Phrases 2b(b). ΚΠ 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. x. sig. I6 A gentle Squyre,..In word and deede that shewd great modestee, And knew his good to all of each degree. 1757 S. Boyce Poems 202 How wise am I to know my good! f. With speak, say, etc. ΚΠ ?a1160 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1135 Wua sua bare his byrthen gold & sylure, durste nan man sei to him naht bute god. a1300 (c1275) Physiologus (1991) l. 305 Wo so seieð oðer god & ðenkeð iuel on his mod Fox he is & fend iwis. a1450 Generides (Pierpont Morgan) (1865) l. 9223 Lucas him goode spake, and honoured, And vnto his deliueraunce he procured. (b) to speak (also say, think, etc.) good of: to speak (think, etc.) well of. Cf. well adv. 2a(d). ΚΠ 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 62 Huanne me zayþ guod of oþren touore him, alneway he vint and zet ames. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 2237 That they euer speke good of thee. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Song Three Children 52 O let the earth speake good of the Lorde: yee lett it prayse him. a1657 W. Burton Comm. Antoninus his Itinerary (1658) 142 Whose opinion Camden at first thought good of. 1697 G. Seton Modest Vindic. 2 I was a Fool to speak Good of her. 1796 T. Holcroft Man of Ten Thousand iii. ii. 33 I despise hypocrisy. Why not as freely speak good of myself, when I think it, as of another? 1836 J. Baillie Witchcraft iv. iii, in Dramas III. 121 Thou wilt think, ay, wilt speak good of Violet Murrey, when all besides speak evil. 1898 Friend 16 July 410/2 When a man's worst enemy..in all sincerity, speaks good of him, and feels obliged to do so, you may be sure that there is something in it. 1966 F. Nwapa Efuru viii. 165 That's why I talk good of you, Efuru. 1975 W. Meredith Hazard, Painter in Partial Accts. (1987) 113 You who have sternly set all lovers to walk the hallways of the world-hutch for a lucky while, speaking good of our short durance here. ?1999 B. Donaldson Tugs of War ii. 28 Stop running yourself down, girl. That's one thing I'm going to teach you. To think good of yourself. ΚΠ c1225 (?c1200) Hali Meiðhad (Bodl.) (1940) l. 65 Alle þing schule þe turne to gode. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 804 (MED) Go we to þe gardyn; to gode may it turne. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xiii. 142 Now God turne all to good, If it be his wyll. 1580 T. Tusser Fiue Hundred Pointes Good Husbandrie (new ed.) f. 13v It is an ill winde turnes none to good. 1633 J. Ford Loves Sacrifice i. sig. D On the sudden I fall a bleeding, 'tis an ominous signe; Pray heauen it turne to good. 1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. Philipp. i. 19 This accumulating Affliction on me..shall through your Prayer, and Christs Spirit, all turn to good, and but further my own and other Mens Salvation. a1740 D. Waterland Serm. Several Subj. (1742) I. v. 135 God serves Himself of Them as his Instruments, and permits Them to act no farther than He can turn to Good. 1783 J. Cave Poems Var. Subj. 147 Thou canst the loss of friends supply, And turn to good each ill. P3. Phrases with good following a preposition. a. for good. (a) Permanently, for a final time, once and for all. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > the end [phrase] > as a final act or once for all once for alla1400 for good1476 for best1641 once for ado1642 once and for all1814 1476 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 495 [They] offryd to afferme and advowe my tytell for goode. 1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 5 July (1948) I. 308 This day I left Chelsea for good (that's a genteel phrase). 1833 in Maryland Hist. Mag. (1918) 13 370 If I could have got my trunk I would quit for good. 1882 W. E. Forster Let. To Gladstone 10 Apr. in T. W. Reid Life W. E. Forster (1888) II. viii. 421 This morning we released Parnell—not for good, but on parole. 1936 M. Mitchell Gone with the Wind iv. xxxii. 540 What I want is to get out of this fix, for good. 1952 A. John Chiaroscuro 233 Outwardly unmoved, I said goodbye for good. 1987 Society (Bombay) Jan. 28/2 The Chopras too were reluctant to leave India for good. 2001 Heat 17 Nov. 101/2 Promising that, this time, he really has changed for good. Has he 'eckers. (b) Also more fully for good and all. ΚΠ c1520 Parl. Byrdes (de Worde) sig. A.ii Than desyred they [sc. the birds] grete and small To mewe the hawke for good and all. 1576 L. Tomson tr. P. de la Place Treat. Excellencie of Christian Man sig. B.viv It must suffise vs for good and all, that his will was so. 1603 in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times James I (1849) (modernized text) I. 25 D'Auval..is gone for good and all. 1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour i. i. 3 Ay, you may take him for good and-all if you will. a1732 T. Boston Crook in Lot (1805) 37 He was obliged for good and all to leave his country. 1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey II. 11 I stopp'd to bid her adieu for good an all. 1850 J. H. Newman Lect. Diffic. Anglicans 324 Throw off, for good and all, the illusions of your intellect. 1934 ‘L. G. Gibbon’ Grey Granite iv. 267 If they parted she'd no need to live off him, they parted for good and all—if at all. 1965 G. Jones Island of Apples iii. i. 171 I was to go and live with them for good and all, and travel up the valley to school in Ystrad every day by train. 2000 T. Clancy Bear & Dragon xxiv. 344 When will Europe get the word that peace has finally broken out for good and all? ΚΠ 1544 in E. Lodge Illustr. Brit. Hist. (1791) I. xxxix. 91 His Maiestie taketh in good your diligence. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > [noun] > person of > man of rank herOE man of statec1330 peera1375 man of goodc1390 sira1400 titulado1622 c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. ii. l. 87 (MED) For Meede is a Iuweler, A Mayden of goode. c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. iii. l. 162 (MED) Such a Mayster is Meede A-Mong Men of goode. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. ii. l. 131 And Mede is moylere, a mayden of gode. c1434 in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 62 (MED) For þou art comen of good blood, or for art a riche man of good. 1525 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 113 The lordis and men of gud in the cuntra bout thaim. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 532 The king wes tane and men of gud threttie. ?a1600 ( R. Sempill Legend Bischop St. Androis in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlv. 387 Galloway was a man of gude, Discendit of a noble blude. (a) So as to benefit or help another or others. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [adverb] to goodeOE thankc888 yernec888 lieflyc900 lovelyeOE lustly971 willinglyOE wilfullyc1000 with (also mid) heart and hand (also hands)OE fainc1175 lustilya1225 lief1297 yfaȝea1300 blethelyc1300 goodlya1375 blelyc1380 willingc1384 bainc1400 acceptably1479 bainlya1500 cheerfully1523 towardly1523 desirously1531 pronely?1532 fainly1535 wilningly1597 bongre1598 libentiously1606 volently1614 propensely1648 easily1649 with (a) good grace1650 unreluctantly1655 with the best will (in the world)1814 unhesitatingly1829 unqualifyingly1841 unloathly1844 happily1889 eOE (Kentish) Charter: Lufu to Christ Church, Canterbury (Sawyer 1197) in F. E. Harmer Sel. Eng. Hist. Docs. 9th & 10th Cent. (1914) 7 Willa ic gesellan..ðem higum to Cristes circcan for mine saule & minra frionda & mega ðe me to gode gefultemedan. OE Blickling Homilies 215 Þæt ge hwelcum earmum men to gode gedoð for minum naman efne þæt ge me sylfum doð. c1175 ( Homily (Bodl. 343) in S. Irvine Old Eng. Homilies (1993) 143 Tilie he þenne þæt he hure þis fæsten selost feste.., ȝe on ælmesdæde, ȝe on halȝe bedum.., þe he for Gode to gode don maȝe. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2890 Hem-seluen he fetchden ðe chaf, Ðe men ðor hem to gode gaf, And ðog holden ðe tigeles tale. (b) For a good or beneficial outcome. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1839 W. E. Forster in T. W. Reid Life W. E. Forster (1888) I. 112 I have disposed of all my copies [of the book] but one; I hope to good. e. to the good. (a) Originally and chiefly in the fuller form all to the good. Generally welcome or advantageous; to be welcomed without qualification. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > [adjective] > generally to the good1819 society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > account or statement of > [adverb] > as balance on specific side of account per contra1554 to the bad1802 to the good1819 1819 W. Parnell Maurice & Berghetta 141 Berrett's work has always supported us, and will keep your house, for she makes lace, and spins admirably, and sleeps little; so that this will be all to the good. 1889 Rep. Royal Comm. Relations Capital & Labor in Canada: Evid. Ontario 3 Q.—Then the increase of wages is all to the good? A.—All to the good. 1920 Sci. Amer. Monthly June 502/1 The tendency of these breaks is anti-snobbish as well as hygienic, and so all to the good. 1955 M. Wheeler Still Digging (1958) 93 All this was, in our view, to the good. 1962 P. Gregory Like Tigress at Bay v. 49 The fact that you're wealthy and high up in society may attract certain people, and that's all to the good. 1998 D. S. Landes Wealth & Poverty Nations (1999) xxix. 512 Most of this is to the good, although intellectual and material power has often been abused to evil and destructive ends. 2002 Independent 23 Oct. 18/1 An increase in the number of school bursars to take some of the financial strain away from headteachers would be all to the good. (b) In credit; as a net profit; (in extended use, chiefly in sporting contexts) in the lead, ahead. ΚΠ 1834 J. Homer Brief Sketch Present State Nova-Scotia 31 When every industrious man could have money in his pocket to..live comfortably, and have a few pounds to the good, at the termination of the year. 1882 Spectator 29 Apr. 552 Boasting that he..had so much heavier a balance at the bank to the good, in consequence. 1895 Ld. Watson in Law Times Rep. 73 37/1 They have sold their patent..for..30,000l., and..allowing a reasonable deduction for those items which they have disbursed, there still remains to the good a very considerable sum of money. 1898 Pall Mall Mag. Christmas No. 584 He was two wins to the good. 1955 Times 12 Aug. 3/7 By winning the second race the United States team is now two races to the good. 1966 G. Greene Comedians i. iii. 88 I was already a hundred and fifty dollars to the good. 1985 R. Davies What's bred in Bone (1986) iv. 214 I came out exactly seven shillings to the good. 2001 Times 12 Apr. i. 38/1 Then, from two sets to the good, Parmar lost to Giovanni in the fifth, and deciding, rubber. P4. Phrases with as. a. as good: (in comparing two possibilities, esp. courses of action) with no different or less advantageous outcome; with equal reason or justification; as well (see well adv. and n.4 Phrases 2c). ΚΠ c1450 (c1380) G. Chaucer Parl. Fowls (Digby) (1871) l. 511 If it be youre wille A wight may speke, hym were as good be still. c1500 Lyfe Roberte Deuyll 343 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 233 For so soore Robert dyd them assayle, A man had ben as good to haue be smytten with thonder. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. 754 We were as good to go towardes Flaunders as to Bologne. ?1536 R. Copland Hye Way to Spyttell Hous sig. D.ijv One were in a maner as good be slayne. a1550 Tomas of Ersseldoune (Lansd.) (1875) l. 247 Me had been as good to goo To the brynnyng fyre of hell. 1591 J. Lyly Endimion iii. i. sig. D4 As good sleepe and doe no harme, as wake and doe no good. c1600 (?c1395) Pierce Ploughman's Crede (Trin. Cambr. R.3.15) (1873) l. 631 Whoso for-gabbed a frere y-founden at þe stues..Hym were as god greuen a greit lorde of rentes. 1605 A. Wotton Answere Popish Pamphlet 59 Were not Christ as good have a troubled Church as none at all? 1673 J. Flavell Fountain of Life viii. 87 As good no law, as no penalty. 1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France I. 299 It were as good live at Brest or Portsmouth..as here. (b) With may and might (cf. may as well at may v.1 Phrases 3). Also with have (see have v. 47). ΚΠ 1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 44 Thai miht as good eate whot Coales as deni me agajn. 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (1 Cor. xiv. 2) As good he may hold his tongue, for God needs him not. 1668 T. Shadwell Sullen Lovers i. 13 She had as good have thrown her Money into the Dirt. 1695 J. Collier Misc. upon Moral Subj. 137 His Gold might as good have stay'd at Peru, as come into his Custody. 1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer ii. 42 You had as good not make me, I tell you. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. xv. 335 I had as gude gang back to the town, and take care o' the wean. 1843 T. C. Haliburton Attaché II. xii. 209 I do suppose we had as good make tracks, for I don't want folks to know me yet. 1908 L. Doyle Ballygullion x. 210 Sammy knowed right well he might as good publish the whole proceedin's in the paper as let the fiddler know. 2003 A. Garner Thursbitch (2004) iv. 22 ‘Yay,’ said Jack. ‘And I might as good milk ducks.’ b. as good as. (a) To all intents and purposes; practically, virtually; almost. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adverb] > almost or nearly nigheOE well-nigheOE forneanc1000 well-nearc1175 almostc1261 nighwhatc1300 nearhandc1350 nigh handa1375 nigh handsa1375 as good asc1390 into (right) littlea1413 unto litea1420 nigh byc1430 nearbyc1485 near handsa1500 as near as1517 mosta1538 next door1542 wellmost1548 all but1590 anewst1590 uneath1590 next to1611 nearlya1616 thereaboutsa1616 welly1615 thereabout1664 within (an) ames-ace ofa1670 anear1675 pretty much1682 three parts1711 newsta1728 only not1779 partly1781 in all but name1824 just about1836 nentes1854 near1855 nar1859 just1860 not-quite1870 nearabouta1878 effectively1884 nigh on1887 c1390 (?c1350) St. Bernard l. 325 in C. Horstmann Sammlung Altengl. Legenden (1878) 46 (MED) A slepyng mon to men is tolde As good as ded for þe tyme. a1450 ( Libel Eng. Policy (Laud) in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1861) II. 187 But if Englond were nyghe as gode as gone. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Neh. iv. 12 The Iewes..tolde vs as good as ten tymes. 1577 M. Hanmer tr. Bp. Eusebius in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. viii. vii. 149 A fierce bull, which tossed..and left them as good as deade. 1604 T. Dekker & T. Middleton Honest Whore i. ii. sig. Biv To call you one a mine aunts, sister, were as good as call you arrant whoore. a1631 J. Donne Βιαθανατος (1647) ii. vi. §8 She was brought very neer the fire, and as good as thrown in. 1644 F. Quarles Whipper Whipt 15 Did not the Doctor..as good as confesse himself an enemy to Anticeremonians? a1687 W. Petty Polit. Arithm. (1691) i. 17 The Seamen have as good as 12s. in Wages, Victuals [etc.]. 1711 London Gaz. No. 4806/2 The Marriage..is look'd upon to be as good as concluded. 1737 S. Berington Mem. G. di Lucca 55 These Considerations made me as good as resolv'd to go along with him. 1818 Ld. Byron Beppo xxxvi. 18 In law he was almost as good as dead. a1871 T. Carlyle in J. W. Carlyle Lett. & Memorials (1883) III. 19 We had intended to make no visits this year, or as good as none. 1891 L. B. Walford Mischief of Monica viii I as good as said you would. 1935 Bulletin (Sydney) 3 Apr. 20/1 He was evidently applying the acid to ascertain if my tombstone was as good as ordered. 1993 Racing Post 8 Aug. 3/6 They as good as accused me of hooking the horse up. 2003 Washington Post 22 Sept. (Home ed.) a10/2 A situation in which so much of a population is immune to a disease that the few scattered ‘susceptibles’ are as good as immune to it. (b) To the same extent or degree; as much. Cf. well adv. and n.4 Phrases 3c. ΚΠ a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 146 (MED) Thes goodes byth comyn als good to willde bestis as to men. c. (as) good as gold. (a) Very good, excellent; of the highest quality, value, or importance; in the best state or condition. In later use frequently New Zealand, expressing approval, agreement, or goodwill in response to a question or request. ΚΠ 1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi viii. §2. 401 The flesh of these birds is very pleasant, and every morsel as good as gold. 1864 Punch 19 Nov. 211/1 On each anniversary of the wedding-day it was as good as gold to listen to his recommendation of the Ring. 1876 W. M. Baker Carter Quarterman v. 42/2 It was as good as gold to see her face as she opened the door. 1915 Atlantic Monthly Nov. 659/2 This may seem a little thing to you, just as leisure may seem a mild form of excitement, but it was as good as gold or spring water to me. 1947 D. Davin For Rest of our Lives 77 ‘The men get a good breakfast?’ asked the Colonel. ‘Good as gold, sir. I tried it myself.’ 1968 G. Slatter Pagan Game 52 Not stiff after yesterday's game are you? said the Coach solicitously. Good as gold, said the Captain. 1980 N. Marsh Photo-finish 36 ‘How's tricks, then, Bert? Good trip?’ ‘No trouble, Les.’ ‘Good as gold,’ said the helmsman. 2000 J. Thoene & L. Thoene Hands of Deliv. xiv. 269 If William gave his word, they knew it was as good as gold. (b) Esp. of a child: very well-behaved. ΚΠ 1839 T. Hood Lost Heir in Hood's Own 57 Sitting as good as gold in the gutter. 1886 F. H. Burnett Little Ld. Fauntleroy (1892) x. 191 She was as good as gold. 1914 T. S. Eliot Let. 26 July (1988) I. 48 I have just been to church, and feel as good as gold. 1958 H. M. Hayward & M. Harari tr. B. Pasternak Dr. Zhivago i. vii. 212 As soon as a few were bumped off by way of example, all the others became as good as gold. 1998 T. McHale Casualty (BBC TV rehearsal script) (O.E.D. Archive) 13th Ser. Episode 2. 93 She's been as good as gold. We were expecting her dad to come and pick her up. d. as good as new: in a very good condition or state; close to the original state again after damage, injury, or illness. Cf. sense A. 6. ΚΠ 1638 T. White tr. F. de Losa & A. Remon Life G. Lopes ii. vi. 164 It is not knowne that he euer had more than one [hat], and that remayned as good as new. 1667 Third Advice in Second & Third Advice to Painter 29 Bring home the old ones, I again will sew And dearn them up to be as good as new. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iv. i. 5 They forced me into the Long-boat, letting me put on my best Suit of Cloaths, which were as good as New. 1784 Maryland Jrnl. 11 May (advt.) A large framed House almost as good as new. a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) I. vii. 87 Seat, trunk, sword-case, splashing-board, lamps, silver moulding, all you see complete; the iron-work as good as new, or better. He asked fifty guineas. View more context for this quotation 1845 Scotsman 15 Feb. 3/5 (advt.) One excellent 12-inside omnibus, nearly as good as new... One handsome minibus, in good order. 1913 Hearst's Mag. Aug. 246/1 My shipmates, who, with joyful news in their hearts and fresh food in their stomachs, were feeling as good as new in spite of all they had suffered. 1963 Times 14 May 7/3 The bodywork is virtually as good as new after years of operation. 2003 Yours Oct. 65 (advt.) You can simply pop them in the washing machine to keep them looking as good as new for years to come. e. as good as one's word (also promise): carrying out to the full one's promises or pledges; trustworthy in not breaking one's promises or assurances. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > carrying out > observance or carrying out a promise, law, etc. > be observant [verb (intransitive)] > of a promise as good as one's word (also promise)c1560 the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > observe, adhere, or keep a promise [verb (intransitive)] to make (hold, pay, keep, yield or break) a vowc1290 beholda1400 to hold touch (also the touches)c1400 faithc1410 withholda1450 to keep touch1541 adherec1550 as good as one's word (also promise)c1560 inhere1563 watch1608 maximize1875 c1560 T. Becon Sycke Mannes Salue f. ccxxviiiv Shall we doubt, whether the Lorde our God wyl be as good as his word? 1587 J. Hooker Chron. Ireland 104/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II His true & honorable dealing, that to be as good as his word, would not seeme to shrinke from his freend. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. iv. 316 For that I promis'd you Ile be as good as my word. View more context for this quotation 1662 S. Pepys Diary 28 Feb. (1970) III. 38 To be as good as my word, I bid Will get me a rod. 1713 J. Addison in Guardian 17 Aug. 2/1 He has been as good as his Promise. 1761 A. Gouverneur Let. 27 Feb. in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) I. 670 You Accuse me of not being as good as my word. 1826 London Mag. July 404 He was as good as his word: he did go and sit down opposite a great French pie, besieged it in form, stormed, sacked, and pillaged it in a most complete and soldierly manner. 1864 Athenæum 29 Oct. 559/1 ‘A bad egg’,..a fellow who had not proved to be as good as his promise. 1928 Pop. Sci. Monthly Mar. 159/1 I promised her I'd get them to the Hilo in time, and I'm as good as my word. 1996 J. Garwood Wedding (1997) 159 Fortunately, Jamie was as good as her promise. 1999 C. S. Murray Boogie Man (2002) vii. 184 ‘I'm gonna get real funky now..,’ he announces, and he is as good as his word. P5. Phrases of the predicative adjective. ΚΠ 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccix The kynges shyp was good with sayle. 1561 T. Becon Sycke Mans Salve (1572) Pref. A iij ‘My dayes’, saith Job..‘are passed away as the ships that be good vnder saile, & as the Egle that flyeth vnto the pray’. 1633 S. Otes Explan. Generall Epist. St. Iude vi. 68 Wee must march on in Religion, like Iehu in his Chariot, swiftly and couragiously; wee must be like the ships of Merchants, that bee good under saile. b. too good to be true: expressing disbelief or doubt that something could genuinely be as good as it seems. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > disbelief, incredulity > [adjective] > unbelievable unlevelyOE untrowablea1382 incredible1412 unbelievedc1425 inopinable?a1475 unbelievable1548 discredible1580 too good to be true1580 incomprehensible1604 incredulousa1616 intestablea1631 inconceivable1646 unpersuasive1651 inconceptiblea1676 1578 G. Whetstone Promos & Cassandra: 1st Pt. i. iii. sig. Biij I thought thy talke was too sweete to be true.] 1580 T. Lupton (title) Siuquila. Too good to be true. 1594 J. Lyly Mother Bombie iv. ii. sig. F3v It was too good to be true. 1606 S. Daniel Queenes Arcadia v. iv. sig. K3 My heart hath dwelt so long in house With that first tale, at this which is come new, Cannot be put in trust with my desire So soone, besides 'tis too good to be true. 1681 J. Flavell Method of Grace vii. 142 They thought it was too good to be true. 1797 W. Huntington Living Testimonies II. lxix. 367 These last letters of yours have again revived my hope..; though I thought, in reading them, that their contents were too good to be true of me. 1849 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. May (1954) I. 282 There is a sort of blasphemy in that proverbial phrase ‘too good to be true’. 1893 F. Remington Let. 24 Jan. (1988) 162 It is simply out of sight..too good to be true. 1908 W. S. Churchill My Afr. Journey v. 90 It is too good to be true. One can hardly believe that such an attractive spot can be cursed with malignant attributes. 1961 Bible (New Eng.) Luke xxiv. 41 They were still unconvinced, still wondering, for it seemed too good to be true. 2002 Independent 3 May i. 14/2 Was it all just too good to be true? c. to be good enough (also so good as) to: used in making a polite or courteous request. Cf. sense A. 15a, to have the goodness to do something at goodness n. Phrases 2. Now formal or somewhat archaic. ΚΠ ?1531 R. Barnes Supplic. Kinge Henrye VIII f. xixv Yf he found me in any errours, that he wolde be so good as to teache me, for I desyred to lerne the veryte. 1652 H. Cogan tr. M. de Scudery Ibrahim ii. iii. 45 He besought her to be so good as to relate to him all that had arrived unto her. 1760 B. Gomez & S. Hart Let. 16 Dec. in J. R. Marcus Early Amer. Jewry (1951) I. iv. 85 You will be good enough to engage a suitable master..to teach our children the Hebrew language. 1796 J. Austen Let. 18 Sept. (1995) 12 My Father will be so good as to fetch home his prodigal Daughter from Town. 1834 Calcutta Christian Observer Nov. 571 Be good enough to send me 40 romanized writing copies for the schools here. 1862 C. Darwin Let. 18 Mar. in Corr. (1997) X. 124 Will you be so good as to attend to separate note about Refereeship. 1925 Amer. Speech 1 36/1 ‘Can the ad lib!’ which means, politely, ‘Will you be good enough to hush!’ 1946 C. Bush Case Second Chance viii. 118 You might be so good as to say I rang him on rather urgent business. 1994 G. Trease Bring out Banners (1995) ii. 16 Beg pardon, madam—the purser's compliments, and would you be good enough to come below to his office? 2006 R. Everett Red Carpets & Other Banana Skins iv. 23 First offenders were congenially shown the ropes: ‘If you'd be so good as to bend over that chair, I'm afraid I'm going to give you six.’ d. to look (also to be) good enough to eat: (chiefly of a person) to be very attractive or alluring. ΚΠ 1844 ‘J. Slick’ High Life N.Y. (new ed.) I. xiii. 202 There was a gal close by her dressed out to kill, her shoes were tied on with red ribbons..that looked good enough to eat. 1895 Goshen (Indiana) Mid-week News 15 May 4/5 ‘You look good enough to eat!’ Ah, her fatal gift of beauty! 1980 N. Christensen tr. K. Thorup Baby i. 7 ‘She's good enough to eat,’ Suzie agreed, and she watched the couples on the dance floor. 2007 Times 1 Dec. (Knowledge section) 25/3 The entire cast looks good enough to eat in Aurore Popineau's costumes. e. North American. to be good to go: to be ready or prepared, esp. for a particular activity or action; to be all set. ΚΠ 1981 Soldiers Feb. 35/2 If anything ever comes down, we'd be good to go. 1997 J. Taylor Franco Amer. Dreams 126 I glance in my compact one more time, inspect my teeth for any hint of the Mexican feast that my stomach is currently digesting and I'm good to go. 2004 Time 11 Oct. 90/2 Despite..protests from..conservative voices, the [gay and lesbian] cable venture is good to go. P6. In exclamations. a. (a) In exclamations containing the name of God or another term of religious significance, expressing surprise, horror, excitement, etc., as good God (see god n. and int. Phrases 1e(a)), good hallow, good heavens (see heaven n. Phrases 3b), good Lord, etc. ΚΠ c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 852 O goode god, how gentil, and how kynde Ye semed. 1533 T. More Apologye f. 50 Turnynge his tale to god, cryenge oute, O good lorde, yf yt had not ben writen by the euangelystes in those dayes, howe sholde we do in these dayes. 1568 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Dial Princes (rev. ed.) iv. xviii. 163 Good lord yt is a wonder to see what sturr there is in that mans house. 1673 J. Dryden Assignation v. i. 58 Good Heavens, that I should live to see this day! 1813 Examiner 30 Oct. 703/1 Good God Almighty! young man, don't hurt me: I'll give you the bundle. 1827 Chield Morice in W. Motherwell Minstrelsy 270 Good hallow gentle sir and dame, My errand canna wait. 1890 W. Besant Demoniac v. 60 ‘Good Lord! What Fools!’ said the Physician. 1920 Harper's Mag. Jan. 185/1 ‘Good Lord alive!’ he breathed. ‘Good Lord! No!’ 1964 R. Dahl Charlie & Chocolate Factory ii. 12 Good heavens above! I don't know what's the matter with me! 1978 J. Carroll Mortal Friends i. v. 60 Good Christ, they're right! Once you're married you're done for! 2002 W. Weaver tr. U. Eco Baudolino (2003) xiii. 155 Good Lord Jesus, it's true: you're Ghini! (b) With another word euphemistically substituted, as good golly, good gravy, good land, good me, etc.good gracious: see gracious adj. and adv. Phrases. good grief: see grief n. 8a. good lack: see lack n.2 ΚΠ 1638 A. Cowley Loves Riddle v. sig. E6 Your son! goodlack. 1768 O. Goldsmith Good Natur'd Man i. 14 Good gracious, can I believe my eyes or my ears! 1798 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1799) 2 216 I am ready to faint! Dear me! O la! Good me! 1845 J. F. Cooper Chainbearer I. vii. 189 Good land! Why don't they go to work? a1854 J. F. Kelly Humors of Falconbridge (1856) 357 ‘Good gravy, but don't they?’..says our Yankee. 1884 S. O. Jewett Mate of Daylight 184 ‘Good King Agrippy!’ said the amazed man, snatching it, and then holding it and looking at it as if he were afraid it would bite. 1886 Monthly Jrnl. (Brotherhood Locomotive Engineers) Aug. 532/1 Good golly! No wonder he never laughed none. 1909 M. E. Freeman Winning Lady 256 Good lad! ain't you goin' to let that poor child stay up? 1962 K. Vonnegut in If Jan. 62/2 ‘That upsets you?’ he said. ‘Good gravy, no!’ she said. 1986 B. Fussell I hear Amer. Cooking p. xxiii My mother said, ‘Good governor!’ and my father said, ‘Oh, shucks!’ 2001 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 6 May (Body + Soul section) 25 Good golly! What have you been up to?!? ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > use formal courtesy in act or expression [verb (intransitive)] > greet > greet with specific words good time of day1597 good-morning1802 chin-chin1817 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. i. 123 Good time of day vnto my gratious Lord. View more context for this quotation 1639 J. Ford Ladies Triall iii. sig. F2v Good time of day, and peace, Oes: health to your Lordship. 1798 J. Bayley Forester v. 100 Good time o' day, and happily met to see a sport. 1813 C. Lamb Mr. H. ii. i. 24 Good time of day to you, Mr. Hogsflesh. 1842 T. Cross Edric v. vii. 98 Good time of day to William's chosen chief. c. very good: expressing assent, approval, or acquiescence. Also (more informally) jolly good. Cf. very well at well adv. 23. ΚΠ 1606 G. Chapman Gentleman Vsher i. sig. A3 Stro. I would acquaint you more with Ladie Margaret, For speciall reason. Cyn. Very good, my Lord. Then I must needes go fit me for that presence. 1687 A. Behn Luckey Chance iii. iv. 37 Sir Feeb. Do you not know that I am married Sir? And this my Wedding Night? Sir Cau. Very good Sir. 1764 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 561/2 Entry. Sir, my question is concerning the instigation of the Devil. Bill. Very good, Sir. 1829 F. Marryat Naval Officer III. iv. 101 Very good, my lord. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxi. 330 ‘Very good, Sir,’ responded Mrs. Raddle, with lofty politeness. ‘Then p'raps, Sir, you'll’ [etc.]. 1925 P. G. Wodehouse Carry on, Jeeves iv. 81 ‘Mr Bickersteth is in a hole, Jeeves,..and wants you to rally round.’ ‘Very good, sir.’ 1940 M. Dickens Mariana vii. 223 ‘Jolly good,’ said Pierre, who was full of schoolboy Anglicisms. ‘So will I. Garçon!’ 1995 I. Banks Whit (1996) xix. 311 Allan nodded. ‘Good idea; sleep on it.’‘Jolly good!’ Uncle Mo said. d. colloquial. (a) good for you (also him, her, etc.): used to express praise or approval of something said or done by the specified person, or enjoyment in the person's success or good fortune. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > expressions of commendation [interjection] well-donea1500 macte1573 hear- him1727 hear1768 that's your sort1792 top marks1829 that's the spirit1853 good for you (also him, her, etc.)1855 good man1887 good egg1903 attaboy1909 to go up (also down) one1909 right on1911 hotcha1931 thataboy1936 hubba-hubba1944 chapeau1976 1855 J. B. Jones Winkles xxxvi. 410 Good for you, father Xavier! I will acknowledge to as much. There shall be no dispute on that point. 1861 in M. W. Disher Cowells in Amer. (1934) 297 Sam's share $43.33.—Good for him. 1870 L. M. Alcott Old-fashioned Girl iii. 43 Good for you, Polly! 1896 C. M. Yonge Release ii. xvi. 234 ‘Old Sukey Shrimper,..has orders to call every Friday!’ ‘Good for Sukey,’ quietly observed Mr. Darpent. 1904 H. James Golden Bowl I. x. 193 ‘Good for you!’ Maggie smiled. 1925 ‘D. Yates’ As Other Men Are 111 ‘Good for you,’ she said. ‘You've put it uncommonly well.’ 1956 A. L. Rowse Early Churchills 74 Good for Sir Winston, we may say. 1976 C. Storr Unnatural Fathers xiii. 131 So Queenie's turned up trumps, has she? Good for her! 2004 S. Hall Electric Michelangelo 324 Well good for you. (b) good on you (also him, her, etc.) = good for you (also him, her, etc.) at Phrases 6d(a). Chiefly Australian and New Zealand before the 1970s.With the stress on good, unlike good for you where the stress is on you. ΚΠ 1881 E. Coller in C. D. Field Recent Gems Poetry 104 Well, good-by for the present, old friend, if you won't have any more; You won't forget about the bills? Good on yer! O revwar! 1905 J. M. Thomson Bush Boys N.Z. 44 First one and then another came up and congratulated in true British boys' style. ‘Good on you, Dinkums, old man. Put it there, old feller.’ 1907 Truth (Sydney) 11 Aug. 1/7 Good on them! Another ship captain..has been fined £100 for landing a smelful alien on our shores, to contaminate the country. 1959 N.Z. Listener 21 Aug. 8/4 ‘Good on you!’ said Dad, smacking my new leg approvingly, ‘that's the spirit.’ 1961 P. White Riders in Chariot xiii. 456 ‘Goodonya, mate!’ called the heartier of the females. 1974 B. Friel Freedom of City i. 26 Good on you, young fella. Keep it rising. 1996 J. T. Hospital Oyster (1997) 350 Good on yer, mates, he wanted to say—not that they gave a damn about Major Miner's opinion on the matter. 2004 D. Cosper Wedding Season i. 117 They're in love, and I say good on her. I'd trade places with her in a minute. e. Originally U.S. I'm good: (used in response to a question or request) no thank you; I'm not in need of anything. ΚΠ 1966 J. Ball Cool Cottontail x. 113 ‘More beer?’ ‘I'm still good, thanks.’ 1991 L. B. Scott Expendables (1993) 131 ‘You want another one?’ Shawn glanced at his half-full bottle and shook his head. ‘Naw, I'm good.’ 2003 Toronto Star (Nexis) 6 May c3 ‘Try these on Paige,’ says Emma, holding up the smallest pair of pink shorts I've ever seen in my life. ‘Thanks, I'm good!’ I tell her, laughing. P7. colloquial. In metaphorical phrases using sense B. 10. a. colloquial (originally U.S.). to deliver (also come up with, produce) the goods: to do what one has promised to do or what is necessary to meet others' expectations or requirements; to provide that which has been promised or is expected. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > [noun] hadc900 lifesmaneOE maneOE world-maneOE ghostOE wyeOE lifeOE son of manOE wightc1175 soulc1180 earthmanc1225 foodc1225 person?c1225 creaturec1300 bodyc1325 beera1382 poppetc1390 flippera1400 wat1399 corsec1400 mortal?a1425 deadly?c1450 hec1450 personagec1485 wretcha1500 human1509 mundane1509 member1525 worma1556 homo1561 piece of flesh1567 sconce1567 squirrel?1567 fellow creature1572 Adamite1581 bloat herringa1586 earthling1593 mother's child1594 stuff1598 a piece of flesh1600 wagtail1607 bosom1608 fragment1609 boots1623 tick1631 worthy1649 earthlies1651 snap1653 pippin1665 being1666 personal1678 personality1678 sooterkin1680 party1686 worldling1687 human being1694 water-wagtail1694 noddle1705 human subject1712 piece of work1713 somebody1724 terrestrial1726 anybody1733 individual1742 character1773 cuss1775 jig1781 thingy1787 bod1788 curse1790 his nabs1790 article1796 Earthite1814 critter1815 potato1815 personeityc1816 nibs1821 somebody1826 tellurian1828 case1832 tangata1840 prawn1845 nigger1848 nut1856 Snooks1860 mug1865 outfit1867 to deliver the goods1870 hairpin1879 baby1880 possum1894 hot tamale1895 babe1900 jobbie1902 virile1903 cup of tea1908 skin1914 pisser1918 number1919 job1927 apple1928 mush1936 face1944 jong1956 naked ape1965 oke1970 punter1975 the world > people > person > woman > [noun] wifeeOE womaneOE womanOE queanOE brideOE viragoc1000 to wifeOE burdc1225 ladyc1225 carlinec1375 stotc1386 marec1387 pigsneyc1390 fellowa1393 piecec1400 femalea1425 goddessa1450 fairc1450 womankindc1450 fellowessa1500 femininea1513 tega1529 sister?1532 minikinc1540 wyec1540 placket1547 pig's eye1553 hen?1555 ware1558 pussy?a1560 jade1560 feme1566 gentlewoman1567 mort1567 pinnacea1568 jug1569 rowen1575 tarleather1575 mumps1576 skirt1578 piga1586 rib?1590 puppy1592 smock1592 maness1594 sloy1596 Madonna1602 moll1604 periwinkle1604 Partlet1607 rib of man1609 womanship?1609 modicum1611 Gypsy1612 petticoata1616 runniona1616 birda1627 lucky1629 she-man1640 her1646 lost rib1647 uptails1671 cow1696 tittup1696 cummer17.. wife1702 she-woman1703 person1704 molly1706 fusby1707 goody1708 riding hood1718 birdie1720 faggot1722 piece of goods1727 woman body1771 she-male1776 biddy1785 bitch1785 covess1789 gin1790 pintail1792 buer1807 femme1814 bibi1816 Judy1819 a bit (also bundle) of muslin1823 wifie1823 craft1829 shickster?1834 heifer1835 mot1837 tit1837 Sitt1838 strap1842 hay-bag1851 bint1855 popsy1855 tart1864 woman's woman1868 to deliver the goods1870 chapess1871 Dona1874 girl1878 ladykind1878 mivvy1881 dudess1883 dudette1883 dudine1883 tid1888 totty1890 tootsy1895 floozy1899 dame1902 jane1906 Tom1906 frail1908 bit of stuff1909 quim1909 babe1911 broad1914 muff1914 manhole1916 number1919 rossie1922 bit1923 man's woman1928 scupper1935 split1935 rye mort1936 totsy1938 leg1939 skinny1941 Richard1950 potato1957 scow1960 wimmin1975 womyn1975 womxn1991 the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > that which is supplied farec1275 warnishingc1340 supplyment1589 to deliver the goods1870 the world > action or operation > carrying out > execute, perform, or carry out [verb (transitive)] > carry into effect (a command, promise, plan, etc.) > fully or as expected accomplishc1405 master1624 to deliver (also come up with, produce) the goods1870 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [noun] > a genuine thing or person the (real, true, etc.) Simon Pure1776 (the) genuine article1794 (the) clean potato1822 the real McCoy1848 the pure (also true, genuine, etc.) quill1854 to deliver the goods1870 the McCoy1931 straight arrow1969 1870 Dubuque (Iowa) Daily Herald 15 Mar. The politicians could make the bargain but could not deliver the goods. 1879 Congress. Rec. 4 Apr. 236/1 There are men in the North who walk around..saying; ‘See me,..I will take you to victory.’ They cannot deliver the goods. 1880 Congress. Rec. 25 May 3758/1 ‘I will pledge every vote on our side of the chamber.’..‘You cannot deliver the goods.’ 1903 Salt Lake Tribune 11 Sept. 8/5 The audience came up with the goods and amused the few that were there with some excellent riding. 1913 R. Hichens Way of Ambition 189 Someone who can ‘produce the goods’. 1936 ‘F. Beeding’ Eight Crooked Trenches vi. 93 The goods, as they said in England, would this time be delivered. 1959 N.Z. Listener 12 June 7/3 Whether their forwards, big as they are, will be able to produce the goods, we don't know. 1968 Listener 18 July 88/1 This body has sometimes offered help to coloured workers when they were on strike, but it has never delivered the goods. 1997 Sun 21 Aug. 21/2 They have come up with the goods again and really are the best band in the world. 2008 G. Anderson Cityboy (2009) vii. 320 I couldn't believe it but the coke, booze and my nerves were preventing me from delivering the goods. b. to get (also have) the goods on: to obtain (or possess) information about (a person) which may be used to the detriment of that person, giving one power or control over him or her; (also occasionally more generally) to have an advantage or superiority over. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > have or get (someone) at a disadvantage to have at avail1470 to catch, have, hold, take (one) at (a or the) vantagec1510 to gain of1548 to be to the forehand with1558 to have (take) on (in, at) the lurch1591 to get the sun of1598 to have (also get) a good hand against1600 to take (have, etc.) at a why-nota1612 to weather on or upon1707 to have the laugh on a person1767 to have a (or the) pull of (also over, on)1781 to get to windward of1783 to have the bulge on1841 to give points to1854 to get (have) the drop on1869 to hold over1872 to have an (or the) edge on1896 to get (also have) the goods on1903 to get (or have) the jump on1912 to have (got) by the balls1918 1903 St. Louis Med. Rev. 47 240/1 So far he has ‘got the goods’ on 65 of them, which means that he has discovered that number practicing without a state certificate. 1913 A. Bennett Regent i. v. 134 You got the goods on her. And she deserved it. 1919 P. G. Wodehouse Their Mutual Child ii. xiv. 270 I'd been in a ring-seat and had the goods on him same as if I'd taken a snap-shot. 1928 Observer 15 July 18/2 ‘Well, the Old Country sure has the goods on everyone else,’ said one of them [sc. Canadian teachers]. 1952 M. McCarthy Groves of Academe (1953) xiii. 263 He had a sudden inkling that they would have liked to get the goods on Mulcahy. 1984 D. Koontz Darkfall i. i. 40 We figured if we could get the goods on him, get enough evidence to guarantee him a prison term, he'd crack and cooperate rather than do hard time. 1997 E. White Farewell Symphony (1998) vii. 283 Would he want someone floating around in the small world of magazine publishing who had the goods on him? 2009 N.Y. Mag. 23 Feb. 133/1 At one point, the hero is this close to getting the goods on the big bad banker. c. to be the goods: to be very good or impressive; to be exactly what is required; to be the genuine article. ΚΠ 1904 Cosmopolitan May 122/1 ‘I'll agree to make it twenty-five [dollars] at the end of sixty days if you are the goods,’ said the editor. 1915 P. G. Wodehouse Psmith, Journalist xv. 109 You are, if I may say so, the goods. You are, beyond a doubt, supremely the stuff. 1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 28 May 426/2 But to the ‘General’..President Bonilla and the Honduras were ‘the goods’ in 1911. 1949 D. Sinclair Secret Riders Farm iv. 32 ‘This,’ said Mike dreamily, ‘is the goods, the real McCoy.’ 1968 F. Exley Fan's Notes ii. 49 He wore black, grained shoes..; though I had never before been conscious of seeing a pair, I knew they were the goods: custom-made. 1998 C. Chidgey In Fishbone Church (2000) 70 Today I went with Mum to see Beryl & I also saw James Clifford for the first time. Believe me, he is the goods. d. Chiefly U.S. to have the goods: to have the necessary ability, character, etc. ΚΠ a1910 ‘O. Henry’ Rolling Stones (1916) 200 Take it from me—he's got the goods. 1912 C. Mathewson Pitching in Pinch ii. 33 Now O'Toole is all right if he has the pitching goods. 1943 E. B. White Let. 22 Aug. (1976) 244 I have little hesitancy in recommending him for a shot at editorial work. He lacks practical experience but he has the goods. 1984 E. Jong Parachutes & Kisses ii. 33 So what if the world's applause meant nothing in the light of eternity;—the lack of it could embitter the soul in the here and now, especially when you knew you had the goods. 2000 CMJ New Music Rep. 24 Apr. 34/1 If Agnostic Front turns up in your town, go see them. The hardcore grandfathers still have the goods live. e. piece of goods: see piece n. Phrases 11. Also a nasty bit of goods: see nasty adj. 2c. damaged goods: see damaged adj. b. P8. colloquial. Phrases in which no good or a bit of no good denotes something unpleasant or undesirable. a. to be a bit of no good: (of a person) to be unscrupulous, dishonest, or untrustworthy; to be ‘a bad lot’. Cf. no good adj. and n. ΚΠ 1935 J. C. Snaith But even So xxxvii. 131 It pains me, sir, to say it, but in my opinion he's a bit-of-no-good. 1971 G. Avery Likely Lad xiii. 153 She's a bit of no good. Cheat a blind man out of a crooked farthing, she would. b. to do oneself a bit of no good and variants: to cause oneself a considerable amount of harm or injury; to take a course of action which ends is ultimately to one's detriment. Cf. to do (a person, oneself) a mischief at mischief n. Phrases 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun] > action > instance of scathe-deedc1275 scathe-workc1275 wrake13.. mischief?1418 incommodityc1450 wramp1669 to go in a perisher1864 to do oneself a bit of no good1914 1914 Salt Lake Tribune 2 Aug. If we get into a blow outside and start shipping seas, the salt water might do the beauties a bit of no good. 1930 P. G. Wodehouse Very Good, Jeeves v. 127 Just one crack like that out of him..and I should infallibly have done his upper maxillary a bit of no good. 1958 E. A. Robertson Justice of Heart iii. 34 They've frittered the money away, and done themselves a bit of no-good, all round. 2009 Times (Nexis) 30 June 64 The big courts inspire and Centre Court inspires doubly: at least, it does, if you're up for the game and ready to do a potential champion a bit of no good. c. up to (a bit of) no good: doing something wrong. Also to get up to (a bit of) no good: to get into trouble or mischief. Cf. up adv.2 19c. ΚΠ 1823 S. Wilderspin Importance educating Infant Poor 160 I ax'd him what he was doing, and he said, nothing, mother, but I thought he was up to no good. 1879 ‘R. Elliott’ John Lyon xvii. 179 It's my belief young Winter's up to no good, and knows more then he'll tell. 1950 C. S. Lewis Let. 29 Sept. (2007) III. 56 Pushkin is up to a bit of no good in the neighbour's gardens. a1953 D. Thomas Under Milk Wood (1954) 30 Me, Nogood Boyo, up to no good in the wash-house. 1958 L. A. G. Strong Treason in Egg x. 183 The pair of them were up to quite a bit of no good. 1970 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 23 July 6/4 Car thieves were getting up to no good outside her house. 1974 W. Foley Child in Forest i. xi. 120 Sure enough, when the kids were asleep, them two sneaked out to get up to no good wi' a couple of men in the ferns. 1997 R. Boylan Killoyle x. 66 He used to say something very like that when we kids were getting up to a bit of no good. 2006 F. Kiernan & G. Hemphill Still Game: Scripts I. v. 142 I caught Tam and Eric up to no good in the foyer. P9. In proverbs and proverbial expressions. a. ill-gotten (also evil-gotten) goods never prosper and variants. ΚΠ 1539 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes sig. C.viijv Euyll gotten good go euyll away. 1543 T. Becon Inuectyue agenst Swearing f. xliiii Euel gotten goodes wyl neuer come to good profe. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. xi. sig. Eiiv Evill gotten good neuer proueth well. 1615 W. Welde tr. Janua Linguarum 21 Goods euill gotten are not durable. 1761 J. Parsons Thirty Lect. Princ. Christian Relig. xviii. 190 Ill-gotten Goods never thrive or benefit the Possessor. 1810 L. Richmond Fathers Eng. Church V. 600 Evil-gotten goods cannot long prosper. 1892 Daily News 10 Feb. 5/1 The millionaire, like the ordinary citizen..probably finds that given goods never prosper. 1908 Outlook (N.Y.) 11 Apr. 819/2 Rabelais..allowed his readers to infer that ill-gotten goods seldom prosper. b. Proverb. good men are scarce: men of high integrity or capability, or who possess desirable qualities, are rare. In later use also good men are hard to find (also in singular). Now chiefly with reference to finding a suitable man for employment or marriage. ΚΠ 1609 D. Tuvill tr. Juvenal in Ess., Morall & Theol. 92 Good men are scarce, No age so many brings. 1734 Bayle's Hist. Crit. Dict. (ed. 2) I. 20 Good men are scarce, the Just are thinly sown. 1892 Wheel & Cycling Trade Rev. 23 Dec. 26/2 Another favorite scheme of these ‘Kings’ is to contract for 300, 500 or 1,000 wheels... That contract is worth just ten wheels... Is it any wonder why ‘good men are scarce’? 1913 Mining & Engin. World 1 Nov. 795/1 In the east there is a large class of competent men to pick from..while in the gold mining districts good men are scarce. 1957 Los Angeles Times 18 Aug. ii. 4/1 Washington has been singing the blues lately on the theme that good men are hard to find, in this case, being men who are qualified and able to assume high-level jobs in government. 1986 Ebony May 29/2 But, as women are discovering, the cliché, ‘A good man is hard to find,’ is more than just a catchy phrase—it is a reality. 2013 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 26 May h8 Because I know a good man is hard to find, I'm not going to be too picky about him. c. Originally and chiefly U.S. Proverb. good fences make good neighbours and variants: good fences and well-defined boundaries lead to peaceful coexistence between neighbours. Also figurative and in extended use. ΚΠ 1640 E. Rogers Let. in Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. (1865) 4th Ser. VII. 215 A good fence helpeth to keepe peace betweene neighbours.] 1815 H. H. Brackenridge Mod. Chivalry (rev. ed.) IV. ii. xiii. 171 Good fences..preserve good neighbourhoods. 1834 Genesee (Rochester, N.Y.) Farmer 24 May 165/2 Good fences make good neighbors. 1877 Congregational Q. Apr. 270 As in social life so in church life, ‘Good fences make good neighbors.’ 1914 R. Frost North of Boston 12 My apple trees will never get across And eat the cones under his pines, I tell him. He only says, ‘Good fences make good neighbours.’ 1971 Alternative Oct. 7/2 Conservatism believes that a primary threat to the good life is the use of political power by some individuals to invade the private affairs of other individuals. Conservatives feel that good fences make good neighbors. 2004 N.Y. Times 4 July 3/2 (headline) India and Pakistan: Good Fences Make Good Neighbors... Up the hillside..is a fence, meant to keep at bay infiltrators from Pakistan..seeking to separate..Kashmir from India. d. Proverb. (only) the good die young (or early) and variants. Cf. whom the gods love die young at god n. and int. Phrases 4f(b). ΚΠ 1697 D. Defoe Char. Dr. S. Annesley 3 The best of Men cannot suspend their Fate; The Good die early, and the Bad die late. 1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion i. 27 The good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust Burn to the socket. View more context for this quotation 1890 New Eng. Med. Gaz. Apr. 167 A forcible reminder of the old saying that the good die young—this woman lived! 1906 Tom Watson's Mag. Jan. 340/2 Only the good die early, you know. 1960 Pittsburgh Courier 6 Feb. a10 They say only the good die young, so perhaps I'll be around a while longer. 2011 City North News (Brisbane) (Nexis) 20 Oct. 7 At just 31 years of age, his tragic death proved only the good die young. e. the only good —— is a dead —— and variants. Cf. sense A. 17. (a) the only good Indian is a dead Indian. Used as an expression of bitter conflict or absolute hostility or lack of trust, esp. with strong overtones of racial prejudice.The origin of the phrase has frequently been attributed to the American general, Philip Sheridan (1831–88), although there is no evidence to support the attribution. ΚΠ 1868 J. M. Cavanaugh in Congress. Globe 28 May 2638/3 I have never in my life seen a good Indian (and I have seen thousands) except when I have seen a dead Indian. 1892 23rd Ann. Rep. Board Indian Commissioners (U.S.) 1891 110 I contradict the statement that the only good Indian is a dead Indian. The only good Indian is an educated Indian. 1915 J. Buchan Salute to Adventurers v. 79 Never trust an Indian. The only good kind is the dead kind. 1970 P. Berton National Dream i. v. 36 They carried six-shooters on their hips and they believed that the only good Indian was a dead one. 2011 E. Colorado & H. Colorado Chicomoztoc–Mimixcoa–Cloud Serpents in E. C. Ramírez & C. Casiano La Voz Latina vi. 159 E: The only good Indian shops at Walmart's and eats at McDonald's. H: The only good Indian is a dead Indian. (b) In extended uses, esp. as applied to a disliked nation or ethnic group. ΚΠ 1881 Chicago Tribune 5 Oct. 6/4 (heading) The only good burglar is a dead burglar. 1897 Life 20 May 420/3 It is evident that in General Weyler's mind, the only good Cuban is a dead Cuban. 1901 Afro-Amer. Ledger 7 Sept. Some persons are unscientific enough to believe that the only good mosquito is a dead mosquito. 1934 G. B. Shaw On Rocks in Wks. XXXI. 144 ‘Stone dead hath no fellow’ said Cromwell when he tried to exterminate the Irish. ‘The only good nigger is a dead nigger’ say the Americans of the Ku-Klux temperament. 1941 ‘Faugh-a-Ballagh’ 34 58/2 He concluded by saying that the only good boche was a dead boche, and it was up to all ‘Faughs’ to make as many boches as possible good. 1995 Extrapolation Spring 23 The suspicion that the only good Klingon is either a dead one or, at least, a dying one. 1998 G. M. Fraser in National Rev. 26 Jan. 47 They had no compassion for their enemy, only a deep abiding hatred; they believed the only good Jap was a dead one. f. Australian. no good to Gundy: of no use or advantage whatsoever; no good at all. ΚΠ 1906 Bulletin (Sydney) 19 Dec. 14/1 Re..origin and meaning of..‘No good to gundy’. ‘Gundy’ is a corruption of a Welsh word meaning to steal, shake, pinch, or hook, and the expression simply means that a thing is not worth stealing. 1915 Truth (Sydney) 24 Jan. 11/8 Five or six drinks ain't no good to Gundy. 1955 N. Pulliam I traveled Lonely Land 324 ‘Just another Canb'ra,’ they tell you. ‘Worthless, absolutely no good to Gundy.’ 1968 S. Gore Holy Smoke 35 ‘This is no good to gundy,’ they say. 1989 D. Holman Beauty & Beast i. i, in No Worries 117 He's no good to gundy. And never will be. g. no good deed goes unpunished and variants: used to imply that all good deeds result in adverse or negative consequences for the person carrying out the act. Frequently ironic. ΚΠ 1938 J. Agate Diary 25 Jan. in Ego 3 275 Pavia was in great form to‐day: ‘Every good deed brings its own punishment.’ 1942 Waterloo (Iowa) Daily Courier 5 Oct. 15 No good deed goes unpunished in Washington. 1994 F. E. Abernethy Texas Folklore Soc. ii. 79 No good deed goes unpunished, and I have since had regrets. 2013 Irish Daily Mail (Nexis) 16 Aug. 12 He learns the hard way that no good deed goes unpunished when he tries to help out some local teens and winds up getting jumped by a trio of gutter punks. h. the good, the bad, and the ugly: used to designate the varied range of aspects or qualities associated with or attributed to a specified item, event, group of people, etc.With allusion to the title of the 1966 film The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. This title translates Italian singular nouns (Il buono, Il bruto, Il cattivo) but in allusive use is frequently understood as plural in English. ΚΠ 1969 N.Y. Times 24 Dec. 29/7 What intrigues Calkins..is the opportunity at last to discuss the good, bad, and ugly of college athletics in a classroom instead of a dormitory. 1986 P. Gossage Close to Charisma iii. 67 The Liberal workshop..was, as a marvellous Jamaican cabby told me, ‘a good way to see the good, the bad, and the ugly’. 1991 E Mag. Jan. 31/2 Amid the good, the bad and the ugly, 1990 will be remembered for the eco-awareness that permeated just about every corner of our culture. 2013 Guardian (Nexis) 24 Aug. 1 This week the Association of British Insurers for the first time exposed the good, the bad and the ugly of the annuity world. i. good wine needs no bush: see bush n.1 5c. a change is as good as a rest: see change n. Phrases 4c. evil communications corrupt good manners: see communication n. Phrases. (the road to) hell is paved with good intentions: see hell n. and int. Phrases 1b. it's an ill wind that blows nobody good: see wind n.1 16a. you can't keep a good man down: see keep v. Additions. a miss is as good as a mile: see miss n.1 7a. a nod is as good as a wink (to a blind horse): see nod n.1 Phrases 1b. P10. colloquial (originally U.S.). good and proper: thoroughly. Cf. sense A. 12c. ΚΠ 1919 Chicago Herald & Examiner 10 Oct. 11/1 They were licked and licked good and proper. 1928 Daily Express 2 Feb. 9/2 Colonel Ernest Cassell Maxwell..said..‘She went through it..good and proper, and I am sorry for her.’ 1937 A. Christie Dumb Witness (2002) ii. 25 Aunt Emily ticked me off good and proper. 1988 M. Gee Grace iv. 49 He will sort her out good and proper later. 2008 S. Toltz Fraction of Whole vi. 583 Well, mate, the first time I stuffed it up good and proper. P11. in good time: see time n., int., and conj. Phrases 3k(b) (also in good hour: see hour n. 4b). good old: see old adj. 9a, 16b. < as lemmas |
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