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Idiom

do me good/s

SlangCockney rhyming slang

Meaning

wood/s

Examples

“A long walk will do you good.”

“You have been working too hard lately, so a few days of rest will do you good.”

“Although he initially resisted the change, he eventually realized that moving to the countryside would do him good in the long run.”

Examples

simple

“A long walk will do you good.”

contextual

“You have been working too hard lately, so a few days of rest will do you good.”

complex

“Although he initially resisted the change, he eventually realized that moving to the countryside would do him good in the long run.”

Origin

Short for the cigarette Woodbines which indirectly played their part in the victory of the first world war.

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