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good as, as
1as good as
2Idioms and Phrases
Practically, in effect, almost the same as, as in He as good as promised to buy a new car , or The house is as good as sold . This idiom is very widely used to modify just about any verb, adverb, or adjective. However, it has been used so often with certain words that together they themselves now make up idioms (see the following entries beginning with good as ).Example Sentences
Nowadays, any pseudoscientific tinctures or broths are about as good as you can expect from the U.S. health care system.
"In China snooker is seen as being as good as Olympic sports and that is making the difference to talent pathways."
For as good as May鈥檚 Frisbee-esque breaking ball looked, when he returned from a nearly two-year absence by giving up just two earned runs in his first three starts, the pitch has been more inconsistent in the three outings since, dragging May鈥檚 overall performance down with it.
The late, great Chick Hearn used to say: 鈥淵ou are only as good as your bench.鈥
He's as good as anyone on his day.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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