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Idiom idiom

good girl


Well done, to a female.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.


SIMPLE

Good girl, you finished your homework on time.

CONTEXTUAL

She patted the dog and said, good girl, after it sat down quietly.

COMPLEX

The teacher offered a warm smile and a soft good girl to the student who finally mastered the difficult equation.


Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    a good deal

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

  2. 02

    all good

    It's all good.

  3. 03

    as the next girl

    To a reasonable degree; as much as a typical woman.

  4. 04

    atta girl

    Alternative spelling of attagirl.

  5. 05

    big girl

    An adult woman; a woman behaving as a responsible adult.

  6. 06

    bill of goods

    A set of misleading or deceptive claims.

  7. 07

    boys and girls

    Used to address an audience of children, or (jocularly) of adults.

  8. 08

    business girl

    A female prostitute.

Last updated August 10, 2026