close enough for government work
close enough for government work
Good enough; OK; only satisfactory. The phrase implies that government work is usually of mediocre quality. When my project ripped in half as I walked out the door, my mom glued it back together and sent me on my way, saying, "It's close enough for government work!"
See also: close, enough, government, work
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
close enough for government work
and good enough for government worksufficiently close; done just well enough. (Alludes to the notion that work for the government is not done with care or pride.) I didn't do the best job of mending your shirt, but it's close enough for government work.
See also: close, enough, government, work
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- Government
- good enough for government work
- add up to the same thing
- amount to the same thing
- amount/come to the same thing
- blessed with (something)
- not (even) go there
- not go there
- send (one) on (one's) way
- the noose is hanging