so far, so good

1. Matters are satisfactory up to this point, as in You've knitted the main portion of the sweater but not the sleeves? Well, so far, so good. This idiom was first recorded in James Kelly's Scottish Proverbs (1721), where it is defined: “So far, so good. So much is done to good purpose.”

Example Sentences

So far, so good, beginning Friday with the much-maligned Betts, who was the biggest villain of the Dodgers hitting drought with a .130 World Series average while stranding 25 consecutive baserunners.

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Based on my own experience, so far so good.

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It's a case of so far, so good for Richardson since the swap.

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So far so good - but what about the games?

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“So far, so good,” Birmingham coach Jim Rose said of his tradition relying on the soccer team to supply kickers.

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