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good egg

idiom

A good person, someone to be trusted; a friend.


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  1. 01

    a good deal

    Very much; to a great extent; a lot; lots.

  2. 02

    a wild goose never laid a tame egg

    Most things are inherited and predetermined.

  3. 03

    all good

    It's all good.

  4. 04

    bad egg

    Someone whose behaviour is reprehensible or irresponsible; a rogue.

  5. 05

    Borrow and beg

    [Cockney slang]egg

    A term that enjoyed a fresh lease of life during the second world war and the food-rationing period.

  6. 06

    but good

    To a high degree; very thoroughly; in a most definite manner.

  7. 07

    come from a good place

    To be motivated by decency, kindness, or good intentions.

  8. 08

    curate's egg

    A thing which has good and bad parts, but is overall spoiled by the bad.

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