dandy

Related to dandy: Dandy Walker syndrome

fine and dandy

Fine; good. The phrase is often used sarcastically. Sure, Saturday afternoon is fine and dandy—see you then. Well, that's just fine and dandy—my car won't start!
See also: and, dandy, fine

jim-dandy

1. adjective Excellent; very fine or pleasing. Primarily heard in US. Wow, you've really created a jim-dandy story here! Action, romance, comedy—it's got it all! I'm sure the plan seemed jim-dandy at the time, but you nearly got yourselves killed!
2. noun That which is very fine, pleasing, or excellent. Often used in the phrase "a jim-dandy of a," which can be used sarcastically to imply the opposite. Primarily heard in US. A: "How was your trip to Florida?" B: "Oh boy, it was a jim-dandy! It seemed like everything we did was even better than the last!" The company appears to be gearing up for a jim-dandy of a legal battle over the issue. Sounds like it's going to be a jim-dandy of a party next weekend.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

fine and dandy

nice; good; well. Well, that's just fine and dandy. Couldn't be better. I feel fine and dandy, and I'm going to have a good time here.
See also: and, dandy, fine

jim-dandy

excellent. This is a jim-dandy knife. Where'd you get it? Tom: I'll meet you at six, OK? Charlie: That'll be jim-dandy.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

fine and dandy

All right, excellent, as in What you're proposing is fine and dandy with the rest of us. This redundant colloquialism ( fine and dandy both mean "excellent") today is more often used sarcastically in the sense of "not all right" or "bad," as in You don't want to play bridge? Fine and dandy, you've left me without a partner.
See also: and, dandy, fine
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

fine and dandy

mod. nice; good; well. (Often sarcastic.) Well, that’s just fine and dandy. Couldn’t be better!
See also: and, dandy, fine
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

fine and dandy

Excellent. This redundant American colloquialism—fine and dandy both mean excellent—today is most often used ironically, for a circumstance that is far from excellent. Originally, however, in the early 1900s, it was stated straightforwardly, as in “‘Has she recovered from her fall?’ ‘Yes, she’s fine and dandy now.’”
See also: and, dandy, fine
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
See also:
  • fine and dandy
  • fine by (one)
  • do fine for (someone)
  • do somehow for
  • fine with me
  • (that's) fine by me
  • (that's) fine with me
  • in fine
  • cut it fine
  • cut it/things fine
References in periodicals archive
If you would like to get a bag-bank contact Dandy's Topsoil by going to www.dandystopsoil.co.uk.
Bag bank effort to reduce waste
And Dandy Kim landed himself a deal to be released, on condition he did not release their sensational contents.
King of the cads; Sex toy tycoon, gun runner, thief, friend of royalty and the Krays... the astonishing life of Dandy Kim
Dandy Walker variant: Prenatal diagnosis by Ultrasonography.
Dandy-walker malformation: A rare congenital anomaly
In Just Dandy, which will be aired on Hogmanay, he explores the history of the much-loved comic.
I WANT TO BE DANDY HIGHWAYMAN; Comic inspires Still Game star's film idea
Dundee-based publisher of the Dandy, DC Thomson confirmed earlier this year that tomorrow's edition of the comic will be the last before it goes digital.
A comic turn as Dandy takes cow pies digital
He wrote: "In 1963, in the NME, when asked what my personal ambition was, I replied - to have my picture in The Dandy! I hope it's not too late!"
Paul McCartney to appear in final Dandy comic
On Tuesday, The Dandy's 75-year legacy as one of the world's longest-running children's comics in print, that he was so much a part of, will come to a sad end.
Comic strip's ink-redible journey has been fine and Dandy; Next week marks the 75th anniversary of The Dandy, when it will be published in print for the last time before moving entirely online. Justine Halifax takes a look back at its heyday with the family of the Halesowen cartoonist who drew characters such as Korky the Kat
This has resulted in the huge amount of rock salt which was shipped into Dandy's packaging plant at the start of the summer, already having been packed up and shipped out.
Weather is Dandy for salt suppliers
"The iconic 1889 elephants would grace a corporate building or embassy and are a unique piece of English history with provenance," stated David Frosdick, founder and CEO of Million Dollar Dandy.
Seven-foot ceramic elephants made in 1889 selling for $9 million
"The Million Dollar Dandy experience is an extravagant privilege only money can buy.
Top UK clothing brand launched in ME
Marnane successfully employed quick-run strategy with Dandy Boy to land the Dolce Vita sponsored by Longines and is aiming to repeat the feat with Separate Ways in a 1,600 metre handicap for horses rated 100-1210.
Marnane hopes Separate Ways ?will go the same way as Dandy Boy
Available in silver and grey colourways, Dandy has a clean, contemporary look, while Anais has rich prune and burnished sand colourways.
New collection from Gingerlily
The British Pop Dandy: Masculinity, Popular Music and Culture.
The British Pop Dandy: Masculinity, Popular Music and Culture
Rhonda Garelick, on the figure of the dandy: "Critics writing about dandies or their texts fall easily into dandyist style, and succumb to its charms."
History of the Dandy, Part I