good question

good question

A phrase used when one does not know the answer to a question. Good question! I'll ask Marie to clarify that. Hmm, that's a good question—let me check my sources.
See also: good, question
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

ˌgood ˈquestion!

(spoken) used to show that you do not know the answer to an important question: ‘How much is all this going to cost?’ ‘Good question!’
See also: good
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • be (just) good friends
  • be good friends
  • do no good
  • (one) (has) never had it so good
  • (it's) good to be here
  • for good measure
  • be as good as new
  • do (one) a/the world of good
  • as good as it gets
  • (as) good as new
References in periodicals archive
The classroom is a laboratory for cultivating the skill of asking and answering good questions. Students acquire this skill from their teacher.
A good question. Well, I hope they do not think they can take a few courses at Fort Leavenworth and then run for President.
"That's a good question. We haven't addressed it," Diana Lachatanere, curator of manuscripts, archives and rare books division at the center in Harlem told Black Issues Book Review.
Good question. And as leaders in higher education, it's one we not only need to ask, but to take serious, direct steps to address.
A: This is a good question because there seems to be confusion regarding the jurisdiction for Medicare Part B claims processing.
Jake: That's a good question, what's in your stereo right now?
A good question to ask of any design for a building is: if this were not a house/office/shop/warehouse--could it be capable of being anything else?
Good question. First of all, we have had some challenges in cost overruns.
Leckrone, senior project scientist for the Hubble Space Telescope Project, calls this "a very good question." The basic problem, he explains, is that Hubble and the space station are in orbits with very different inclinations to the equator.
You have to make sure you start out with a good question," says Sawatsky, who has led training sessions on this subject for media outlets around the world (see "The Question Man," October 2000).
Good question. One reason is that there are very few vendors licensing an iSCSI stack that includes all of the mandatory and optional feature sets adopted for iSCSI by the IETF.
A Good question. Finding the right tool can be a daunting task.
SIR - Your article, 'Think about what's best for the children,' asks a good question: 'Why do so many cases relating to the residence and contact of children following a divorce end up with the court having to make decisions for the parents?'
That's a good question, one that a longitudinal study of the effects of menopause on body weight being conducted at The Behavioral and Metabolic Research Unit, University of Ottawa, Montfort Hospital hopes to answer.
It's a good question, answered best by noting that Bernie Staller's farsighted leadership ensures that the National FFA, America's premier youth leadership organization, sustains its goal of student success established more than 75 years ago.