good for you
170
1.0
- idiom
- /ɡʊd fɔr ju/
:
saludable
- Maybe it would be good for you to have some space.
Actually, some of it's good for us and we need to breathe.
- Actually, some of it's good for us and we need to breathe.
- These things are good for you and you should eat them to taste.
- Exercise is really good for your sex drive and for your self esteem.
- The second one is a statement about what is good for us as human beings.
- It's simply not good for us to get stuck in these thought loops.
- Meanwhile, they, they subsidized things we know are good for us, like brown rice.
- You know better than anyone else that is not good for your well-being.
- Why is yoga so good for us as humans?
- But that, in the long run is not good for you.
- Exercise is very, very good for you, but it will not help you lose weight.
- It's just like they think that because these fats are good for you, this can help your heart.
Examples
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Eating lots of fruits and vegetables is good for you and can improve your overall health.
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Drinking water regularly is good for you, especially during hot weather.
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So it's just like really good for your skin and it feels really nice.
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These things are good for you and you should eat them to taste.
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Use whatever really works for your skin and it's good for your skin type.
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Reading is good for you.
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I think it would be good for you to do this.
Fiction book (1992) -
No matter how old you are, stopping smoking is good for you.
Academic text (2009) -
Being a little out of breath is good for you; it increases aerobic capacity.
Fiction book (2002) -
Getting enough sleep is important because it is good for you and helps you stay alert.
Synonyms
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1.0
Helping your health and making you feel well
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1.0
Helps the body or mind stay well
15
3.2
Good for the body and keeps you from getting sick
3
8.3
Good for your health, like clean air and parks
Antonyms
How Healthy
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6.3
15
3.2
170
1.0
231
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161
2.6
117
1.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
The literal propositional meaning ('that is beneficial for you') is directly and transparently derivable from 'good' + 'for' + 'you', so a B1 learner who knows the words can grasp the basic sense. However, its common use as a short conversational response (including ironic or sarcastic readings and discourse-pragmatic functions) goes beyond literal composition and is not fully predictable without exposure, so it is only partly transparent.
Etymology
Good for you is a plain, literal phrase: if food, exercise, or a habit helps your body or health, people say it is 'good for you'. That's why we use it to mean 'good for your health'.