good enough for
185
2.0
- idiom
:
suficiente para
- This tool is good enough for small repairs around the house.
- good enough for then
This is good enough for now and should work fine.
- This is good enough for now and should work fine.
- Nothing I can do is good enough for my father.
- Other than that this thing is just plain not good enough for the price.
- So that means like if she thinks that I'm good enough for her, then that means I'm good.
- Why doesn't this lawyer think that our girls are good enough for him?
- And again I went, oh, no, still not good enough for this.
- How do you know what you want to do is good enough for Harvard?
- Like, I know who I am, and that's good enough for me.
- And if it's not good enough for them, then there's nothing more I can do.
- The training is not not good enough for my clients, for these clients.
Examples
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This is good enough for now and should work fine.
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But this is not good enough for a large scale device.
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It's not really good enough for what we're trying to do in this project.
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You think this will be good enough for her?
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To my mother, it meant Uncle Hill was now good enough for Aunt Grace.
Fiction book (1999) -
Give him some time here, and he'll be good enough for a proper school.
Fiction book (1992) -
It's not perfect, but it's good enough for them as as an intermediate aim.
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His junior year, he cleared 15 feet, good enough for second place at the state meet.
Fiction book (1993) -
So my goal is to make a beer good enough for the people of Milwaukee.
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I think that's going to be good enough for initial testing.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Having the amount needed for a purpose
∞
1.0
In good enough condition so no one needs to worry
∞
1.0
Good enough but not very good
∞
1.0
Feeling healthy or good enough to use
∞
1.0
Good enough for the purpose you need
641
1.9
Not perfect but good for what you need
487
2.3
Good enough in quality to meet normal needs
477
2.5
Good enough for a particular use or standard
447
2.8
Enough to do what is needed
234
2.7
Enough in amount or quality to meet a need
172
1.8
Right for a certain purpose, person, or situation
81
2.3
Good enough to meet a need but not very good
2
5.0
Good enough to meet a required standard
2
6.3
Correct enough to be useful
How Suitable
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'adequate or sufficient for a purpose' is directly derivable from combining 'good' (suitable) with 'enough' (sufficient) and 'for' marking the purpose or beneficiary; there is no idiomatic shift or metaphorical extension. This compositional, cross-linguistically common pattern follows standard English usage, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will readily understand it.
Etymology
Good enough for comes from the simple idea of checking if something will do its job: imagine a baker tasting a loaf and deciding it is good and enough to serve at the shop. That's why good enough for means 'enough for' a particular purpose.