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Definition: Good For You |
Good For YouAdjective1. Promoting health; healthful; "a healthy diet"; "clean healthy air"; "plenty of healthy sleep"; "healthy and normal outlets for youthful energy"; "the salubrious mountain air and water"- C.B.Davis; "carrots are good for you". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Good For YouSynonyms: good for you(p) (adj), healthy (adj), salubrious (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Good For You |
| English words defined with "good for you": weakness, wholesomeness. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "good for you": Good on ya ♦ Hyacinth ♦ Machinery. (references) |
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Screenplays | Good for you, Lewis (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin.) That's all well and good for you, but I used to rock and roll all night and party every day (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) It's good for you. It put's hair on your chest, doesn't it, Sticks (Willow; writing credit: Bob Dolman; George Lucas) Pond would be good for you. (Caddyshack; writing credit: Brian Doyle-Murray, Douglas Kenney, Harold Ramis) I think morals are good for you, I love morals, and the moral of this story is: If you're walkin' on eggs, don't hop. (Blue Thunder; writing credit: Don Jakoby; Dan O'Bannon) | |
Lyrics | Didn't they try to find some good for you and me ("Abraham, Martin and John"; performing artist: Dion) I'm no good for you (American Woman; performing artist: Lenny Kravitz) | |
Clever | If Walking Is So Good For You, Then Why Does My Mailman Look Like Jabba The Hut? (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Insomnia Is Good for You (1957) | |
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 | It's not a nutty idea-pecans are good for you! They've not only got protein, potassium, phosphorus, and magnesium; but even calcium! Okay, so they contain fat too, but 95 percent of it is unsaturated. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |  | Good boy! nothing's too good for you : what would you like? : A job. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | There is nothing too good for you. |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
makin love is good for you | 63 |
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| Language | Translations for "good for you"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | كويس (how do you do?), عظيم جدا (very well). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | браво на теб. (various references) | |
Czech | výbornì (finely, good, good man, great, very well, well done, wonderfully). (various references) | |
French | très bien (good on you), bon pour vous. (various references) | |
Greek | μπράβο (bravo, thumbs up, well done). (various references) | |
Hebrew | כל הכבוד (all due respect). (various references) | |
Hungarian | minden tiszteletem a tiéd, jó neked. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oodgay orfay youay.(various references) | |
Romanian | halal sã-ţi fie! bravo (that's well done), bravo ţie. (various references) | |
Spanish | bravo (brave, courageous, bravo, valiant). (various references) | |
Turkish | iyi ettin, iyi etmişsin, aferin (attaboy, bravo, bully, righto, rightoh, well done). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | тим краще для вас, браво (bravo, well done). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | John Chapter 7, Verse 6 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Legei oun autoiV o ihsouV o kairoV o emoV oupw parestin o de kairoV o umeteroV pantote estin etoimoV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Dicit ergo eis Iesus tempus meum nondum advenit tempus autem vestrum semper est paratum |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Ða cwæð se hælend to heom. get necom min tid. eower tid ys symle geare; |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Therfor Jhesus seith to hem, My tyme cam not yit, but youre tyme is euermore redi. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Then Iesus sayd vnto them: My tyme is not yet come youre tyme is all waye redy. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Then Jesus said to them, My time is not yet come: but your time is always ready. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Jesus said to them, My time is still to come, but any time is good for you. |
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| Language | John Chapter 7, Verse 6 |
| Cebuano | Ug si Jesus miingon kanila, "Wala pa moabut ang akong higayon, apan ang inyong higayon ania kanunay. |
| Croatian | Reèe im nato Isus: "Moje vrijeme još nije došlo, a za vas je vrijeme svagda pogodno. |
| Danish | Da siger Jesus til dem: "Min Tid er endnu ikke kommen; men eders Tid er stedse for Hånden. |
| Dutch | Jezus dan zeide tot hen: Mijn tijd is nog niet hier, maar uw tijd is altijd bereid. |
| Finnish | Niin Jeesus sanoi heille: "Minun aikani ei ole vielä tullut; mutta teille aika on aina sovelias. |
| French | Jésus leur dit: Mon temps n`est pas encore venu, mais votre temps est toujours prêt. |
| German | Da spricht Jesus zu ihnen: Meine Zeit ist noch nicht hier; eure Zeit aber ist allewege. |
| Haitian Creole | Jezi di yo konsa: Lè pa m' lan poko sonnen. Pou nou, tout lè yo bon. |
| Hungarian | Monda azért nékik Jézus: Az én idõm még nincs itt; a ti idõtök pedig mindig készen van. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | "Belum waktunya buat Aku," kata Yesus kepada mereka, "tetapi untuk kalian, setiap waktu bisa. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka kata Yesus kepada mereka itu, "Saat-Ku belum sampai; tetapi saatmu itu senantiasa sedia. |
| Maori | Na ka mea a Ihu ki a ratou, Kahore ano kia taea noatia toku taima: ko to koutou taima ia kei nga wa katoa. |
| Norwegian | Jesus sier til dem: Min tid er ennu ikke kommet; men eders tid er alltid forhånden. |
| Portuguese | Disse-lhes, então, Jesus: Ainda não é chegado o meu tempo; mas o vosso tempo sempre está presente. |
| Rumanian | Isus le -a zis: ,,Vremea Mea n`a sosit kncq, dar vouq vremea totdeauna vq este prielnicq. |
| Shuar | Tura Jesus Tímiayi "Winia tsawantur nampernum wétin jeatsui. Atumjainkia Nánkamas tsawant wétin pénkeraiti. |
| Spanish | Entonces Jesús les dijo: --Mi tiempo no ha llegado todavía, pero vuestro tiempo siempre está a la mano. |
| Swahili | Basi, Yesu akawaambia, "Wakati wangu ufaao haujafika bado. Lakini kwenu ninyi kila wakati unafaa. |
| Swedish | Då sade Jesus till dem: "Min tid är ännu icke kommen, men för eder är tiden alltid läglig. |
| Uma | Na'uli' Yesus mpo'uli' -raka: "Ko'ia rata tempo-na kupopehuwu woto-ku. Ane koi' -koina, uma beiwa ba nto'uma-koi hilou hi Yerusalem, |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-f-g-o-o-o-o-r-u-y" | |
-5 letters: fordo, forgo, goody, goofy, gourd, grody, odour. | |
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