world of good, a

Idioms

A great benefit, as in A vacation will do you a world of good. This expression uses world in the sense of “a great deal,” a usage dating from the 1400s. [Late 1800s]

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world of good, a

If you had to pay for the world of good a Cluthe Truss does, the price would be many times higher.

From Cluthe's Advice to the Ruptured by Cluthe Rupture Institute

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