Idiom
good enough for jazz
Meaning
Good enough.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“It is not perfect, but it is good enough for jazz.”
“The repair on the fence looks a bit messy, but it is good enough for jazz.”
“While the final report lacked the polish he originally intended, he decided it was good enough for jazz and submitted it before the deadline.”
Examples
simple
“It is not perfect, but it is good enough for jazz.”
contextual
“The repair on the fence looks a bit messy, but it is good enough for jazz.”
complex
“While the final report lacked the polish he originally intended, he decided it was good enough for jazz and submitted it before the deadline.”
Origin
Originating in the vocabulary of musicians, the phrase traditionally served as a professional dismissal when an instrument was found to be imperfectly tuned. It suggested that a lack of precision, while perhaps disqualifying in other contexts, would be absorbed into the performance without consequence.
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