well and good

1. Acceptable, all right, as in If you can get a better discount elsewhere, well and good. This redundant phrase was first recorded in 1699.

Example Sentences

All well and good, until the conservative-leaning Los Angeles Police Protective League, the union representing rank-and-file officers, saw fit to issue a gratuitously snarky statement condemning the hasty arrangement.

From Los Angeles Times

Koman: Yes, I would say that digital media is all well and good until you need to pack glasses, then you hunt for a newspaper.

From Los Angeles Times

"It's all well and good saying that there are these hours available, but if the childcare places are not there, then it's not really supporting women in returning to work."

From BBC

"I don't want to criticise former colleagues too much," he says, "but it's all very well and good if it's not your children who are missing."

From BBC

All well and good and fair enough, but it’s bizarre for Peretti to ascribe this trend to the emergence of TikTok and black-box feeds when users have bemoaned the prevalence of platform-incentivized outrage since the days of Usenet.

From Slate