all wool and no shoddy

all wool and no shoddy

1. Of a person, very honorable. Of course Paul reported the crime he witnessed—he's all wool and no shoddy.
2. Of an object, high quality. That product already broke! It's not all wool and no shoddy, that's for sure.
See also: all, and, no, wool
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

all wool and no shoddy

Rur. one hundred percent good quality. Everything Mary sells is the best there is, all wool and no shoddy. John's a good man through and throughall wool and no shoddy.
See also: all, and, no, wool
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • all wool and a yard wide
  • mensch
  • kick around
  • paperweight
  • pull the wool over someone's eyes, to
  • be on a collision course
  • FOD
  • body English
  • a bit of crackling