good and ready
12
2.8
- idiom
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totalmente listo
- I'll go when I'm good and ready.
- get good and ready
- damn good and ready
- good and ready now
Terry says she'll help him when she's good and ready, not when he tells her to.
- Terry says she'll help him when she's good and ready, not when he tells her to.
Examples
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I think I'll probably just leave when I'm good and ready.
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Heck, I'll go fishing when I'm good and ready.
Fiction book (1999) -
I will leave when I get good and ready to leave.
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We'll hit them on our terms, when we're good and ready.
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It's when we're good and ready.
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None of it did me any harm - as I said, I was good and ready.
Blog text (5) -
When she was good and ready, she stopped crying.
Fiction book (1999) -
I didn't act until I was good and ready.
Blog text (5) -
She said they'd leave when they were good and ready.
Fiction book (2001) -
I'll go to the meeting when I'm good and ready.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Prepared and willing to act or be used immediately
170
1.6
Completely ready to begin
103
1.3
Ready to use or do something when needed
85
3.5
Ready to start or continue something
29
4.3
Prepared to begin an activity such as a game or meeting
20
3.5
Prepared and available to use immediately
15
3.5
Being ready to do something and having what is needed to do it
7
3.0
Fully prepared and available to begin or help right away
1
4.6
Ready to take action or respond quickly
Completely prepared to start something
Prepared and alert to act immediately
Antonyms
How Ready
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'completely prepared and willing' is directly derivable from combining 'good' (well/suitable) with 'ready' (prepared), where 'and' functions to intensify or reinforce the adjective rather than adding an unrelated meaning. This compositional intensifying pattern is transparent and follows common adjective coordination patterns, so an average B1 learner who knows the constituents would understand the phrase.
Etymology
Good and ready may come from a simple old habit of putting good before a word to make it stronger, so good + ready creates the image of someone who is fully and clearly prepared. That's why the phrase means 'completely prepared and willing to do something'.