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

Two goals to the good, this was fantasy football come true.

From BBC

Which frees up precious time in the garden so you can get back to the good parts — or weeding.

From Seattle Times

He hurt Storley with two lefts in quick succession and cruised into the final round arguably four rounds to the good.

From BBC

“All these great people — artists and scientists and diplomats — just wanted to go from the bad country to the good country.”

From Washington Post

He was watching a medical show; it was an episode he had never seen before, and he was just getting to the good part.

From New York Times