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Soheil1 Posted 14 years ago
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Well
Hi.
"If the attack results in checkmate, then well and good."
What's meant by "Well and good"?Excellent or good?OR better than anything else?
"If the attack results in checkmate, then well and good."
What's meant by "Well and good"?Excellent or good?OR better than anything else?
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org/wiki/and goo d ( idiomatic ) Basically good, but with some shortcoming or limitatio n. Having 200,000 entries is all well and good , but the data will be useless unless people can find what they need. com) It's use in your quote is unusual.
- org/wiki/and goo d ( idiomatic ) Basically good, but with some shortcoming or limitatio n.
- Having 200,000 entries is all well and good , but the data will be useless unless people can find what they need.
- com) It's use in your quote is unusual.
- Rover
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'Well and good' or 'All well and good' is an idiom with the following meaning:
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It means what it says in the definition.
In your quote it means 'perfect'. You've achieved checkmate - the object of the game.
Rover
In your quote it means 'perfect'. You've achieved checkmate - the object of the game.
Rover
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