to the good

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.

Example Sentences

On social media, whether we are posting about fostering or any number of experiences, we often try to “skip to the good part,” as the TikTok sound goes.

From Slate

Now in Conference League qualifying, the Edinburgh club blew away their hosts - who were on a five-game winning streak - finishing the game 2-0 and a man to the good.

From BBC

The atrocity came less than three months after the people of Northern Ireland had voted yes to the Good Friday Agreement.

From BBC

“I’m tired of fighting this fight with my hand tied behind my back. With all due respect to the good government groups, politics is a political process,” she said at a press conference.

From Slate

"With all due respect to the good government groups, politics is a political process."

From BBC