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Ckwek Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Make someone with an illness healthy again?

Here is a piece of cake and a bottle of wine. Take them to your grandmother, she is ill and weak, and they will do her good.

"Will do her good"?

Sound Unusual...

How about: (be good for sth : Informal)

"they are good for her" or "they are good for her health"
  

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"do her good" is used idiomatically. Loosely, will make you feel better. Have a drink - it'll do you good.

— BarbaraPA

  • "do her good" is used idiomatically.
  • Loosely, will make you feel better.
  • Have a drink - it'll do you good.
  • It's not quite the same as "be good for you," because it might not actually be healthy for you, but it'll make you feel better emotionallyl about things.
  • After being cooped up so long, seeing some of you friends again will do you good, etc.
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"do her good" is used idiomatically. Loosely, will make you feel better.

Have a drink - it'll do you good.

It's not quite the same as "be good for you," because it might not actually be healthy for you, but it'll make you feel better emotionallyl about things. After being cooped up so long, seeing some of you friends again will do you good, etc.
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