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

But that leads us to the good news: That’s exactly why the smartest thing you can do is pick against Duke.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

So why not skip to the good part?

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

A much-changed Algeria team were three goals to the good by half-time, with Zineddine Belaid, Fares Chaibi and Ibrahim Maza all on target.

From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025

Immigrants are so key to the good life in this country, the film argues, that in the alternate reality if George Bailey had never lived, Martini is nowhere to be heard.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

“Now, Brother Louis, you must return the locket to the good lady’s neck.”

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman