to the good

Idioms  

1. Also, all to the good. to an advantage or profit, as in We've got extra material and that's all to the good, I think. This idiom was first recorded in 1882.

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Example Sentences

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to the good

The best that can be said for the Roadster event was that it was, for some, a guilty-pleasure throwback to the good old days of Tesla stagecraft.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

Back came Exeter, now two men to the good after Thomas was yellow-carded for a deliberate knock-on, as Jack Yeandle burrowed over and Stephen Varney touched down under the posts.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

From Paramount’s vantage point, this coverage was all to the good, as my colleague Meg James reported, because it all tended to favor the deal and sound a caution about a non-deal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

If this panic causes people to save more, and invest more sensibly, that’s all to the good.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026

“Let me haul this bundle for you, Hiram. We’s walkin’ a ways to get to the good fishin’ hole, and you’re so little, you’d get wore out carryin’ this load the whole way.”

From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe

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