(as) good as gold

1. Obedient and well-behaved. Sure, I'll baby-sit Cindy's kids tonight—they're as good as gold every time I watch them.

2. Authentic and legitimate. According to the curator, this painting is as good as gold.

See also: gold, good

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

*good as gold

Cliché very good. (Usually used to describe children. *Also: as ∼.) Mother: Thank you for taking care of Gretchen; I hope she hasn't been too much trouble. Grandmother: Not at all; she's been as good as gold. We knew that Daddy would not read us a bedtime story unless we behaved, so we tried to be good as gold.

See also: gold, good

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

good as gold, as

Completely genuine; also, well behaved. For example, Her credit is as good as gold, or The children were good as gold. With this alliterative idiom the initial as is sometimes dropped, and nearly always so when behavior is referred to. [Late 1600s]

good as gold

If a child is as good as gold, they behave very well. Both children have been as good as gold all afternooon. They were both in the playroom as good as gold.

See also: gold, good

Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

as good as gold

extremely well-behaved.

See also: gold, good

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

(as) good as ˈgold

(of children) very well-behaved: The children were good as gold. They sat quietly and read all afternoon.

See also: gold, good

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

good as gold

Singularly well-behaved or authentic. This proverbial comparison has an ancient ring to it, but it dates only from the nineteenth century. Dickens used it several times (in The Old Curiosity Shop and A Christmas Carol) as did W. S. Gilbert in Patience (1881): “Gentle Jane was good as gold, She always did as she was told.”

See also: gold, good

The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer

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in (high) hopes that
in the hope
in the hope of
in the hope of something
a handful

词组	(as) good as gold
释义	(as) good as gold (as) good as gold 1. Obedient and well-behaved. Sure, I'll baby-sit Cindy's kids tonight—they're as good as gold every time I watch them. 2. Authentic and legitimate. According to the curator, this painting is as good as gold. See also: gold, good Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. good as gold Cliché* very good. (Usually used to describe children. Also: as ∼.) Mother: Thank you for taking care of Gretchen; I hope she hasn't been too much trouble. Grandmother: Not at all; she's been as good as gold. We knew that Daddy would not read us a bedtime story unless we behaved, so we tried to be good as gold. See also: gold, good McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. good as gold, as Completely genuine; also, well behaved. For example, Her credit is as good as gold, or The children were good as gold. With this alliterative idiom the initial as is sometimes dropped, and nearly always so when behavior is referred to. [Late 1600s] See also: good The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. good as gold If a child is as good as gold, they behave very well. Both children have been as good as gold all afternooon. They were both in the playroom as good as gold. See also: gold, good Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. as good as gold extremely well-behaved. See also: gold, good Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary (as) good as ˈgold (of children) very well-behaved: The children were good as gold. They sat quietly and read all afternoon. See also: gold, good Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary good as gold Singularly well-behaved or authentic. This proverbial comparison has an ancient ring to it, but it dates only from the nineteenth century. Dickens used it several times (in The Old Curiosity Shop* and A Christmas Carol) as did W. S. Gilbert in Patience (1881): “Gentle Jane was good as gold, She always did as she was told.” See also: gold, good The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: good as gold good as gold, as as good as gold be as good as gold in the hope that in (high) hopes that in the hope in the hope of in the hope of something a handful
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