good time

good time

prison slang An amount of time that is deducted from an inmate's prison sentence due to good behavior. He hoped that by dedicating himself to his studies he might be granted a bit of good time and let out of jail early.
See also: good, time
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • be put behind bars
  • send (one) up the river
  • send someone up the river
  • send up the river
  • put (one) behind bars
  • Graystone
  • don't drop the soap!
  • lifer
  • kited
  • kiting
References in periodicals archive
LAHORE -- PML-N's Maryam Nawaz says good times will come soon.
The public should be patient for some more time as good times are ahead, said Federal Minister for Ports and Shipping Ali Zaidi.
The second lap, he said was very fast and he did fight for position three the entire home straight and recorded a very good time with only a day rest.
Gallup has asked Americans to say whether it is a good time or bad time to find a quality job monthly since August 2001.
The net share of Americans who say it is a good time to buy a home rose 3 percentage points to 27%, reversing some of last month's decline.
I've always found Leigh to be the kind of actor who consistently delivers, and in Good Time she is exceptional as an angry, addled teenager trapped in an adult's body.
The Ariana Grande concert, that brought together a diverse group of stars and a school choir with 50,000 Mancunians, showed the bigots of ISIS what a good time is.
Americans who said it was a good time to buy rose by a full percentage point to 34 percent in the August reading.
| IT'S a good time to start feeding the fish in the garden pond.
MORTON striker Peter MacDonald insists it is a good time to take on a wounded Rangers side.
More Americans than Canadians believe that now is a good time to invest in stocks, according to a new report.
With Halifax forecasting an easing of house price growth to 3%-5% for 2015, the confidence tracker shows there has been a reversal of recent momentum, with a higher proportion of consumers now believing the next 12 months will be a better time to buy than to sell - and the proportion thinking the next year will be a good time to sell falling to its lowest level since the last quarter of 2013.
Tamzin Outhwaite, who plays Sasha, says: "She likes to have a laugh with the team and wants them to have a good time, but I don't think she's scared to show her vulnerable side, just because she's the boss."
Of those surveyed for the Confidence Tracker, 57% feel that it will be a good time to sell in the next 12 months compared to 32% who think it will be a bad time to sell, and sentiment is ever stronger amongst owner occupiers with 63% thinking that now would be a good time to sell.