good for you
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5.8
- idiom
- Informal
:
bien por ti
- - Oh, good for you, honey.
- Well, Good for you
- Oh, Good for you
- Yeah, Good for you
And I'm like, girl, good for you, good for you.
- And I'm like, girl, good for you, good for you.
- Things like, well, good for you, That wasn't so hard, was it?
- They're going to say, yeah, must be nice, good for you.
- The sort of good for you, That's cool, that's cool.
Examples
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And I'm like, girl, good for you, good for you.
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If what you say is true, then good for you for bringing it to light.
Blog text (11) -
Some were just like, OK, good for you for being here.
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All right, good for you, man.
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If you did make it up, good for you.
Fiction book (2000) -
Good for you, brave children.
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Oh, good for you, Willa.
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Good for you, Ricky Bobby.
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Good for you, Pete.
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Wow, you just got a promotion? Good for you!
Synonyms
185
6.0
A short shout people make to show happiness or excitement
134
3.0
Better than expected and quite good
16
7.4
A short way to show approval or praise for something done well
Words you say to show you are happy about someone's good news
How Positive
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 started as a short way to praise someone: if a new job or a choice really helped them, people would say it was 'good for you'. So, said quickly or with the wrong tone, it can mean sincere 'I'm happy for you' or sarcastic 'I don't care'.