(a) good egg

(a) good egg
a good egg informal old-fashioned phrase
a good or reliable person
Thesaurus: someone who is kind, generous or helpfulsynonym people or things you can rely on or trustsynonym
Main entry: egg

* * *

a ˈgood egg idiom
(old-fashioned, informal) a person who you can rely on to behave well
Main entry:eggidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • good egg — A person who can be relied on is a good egg. Bad egg is the opposite …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • good egg — good′ egg′ n. Informal. inf an agreeable or trustworthy person …   From formal English to slang

  • good egg — noun (old fashioned slang) a good person • Ant: ↑bad egg • Usage Domain: ↑slang, ↑cant, ↑jargon, ↑lingo, ↑argot, ↑patois, ↑vernacular …   Useful english dictionary

  • good egg — {slang} or {informal}[good scout] {n. phr.} A friendly, kind or good natured person, a nice fellow. * /Tommy is such a good egg that everybody wants to be his friend./ Syn.: REGULAR GUY. Contrast: BAD EGG …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • good egg — {slang} or {informal}[good scout] {n. phr.} A friendly, kind or good natured person, a nice fellow. * /Tommy is such a good egg that everybody wants to be his friend./ Syn.: REGULAR GUY. Contrast: BAD EGG …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • good\ egg — slang or informal good scout n. phr. A friendly, kind or good natured person, a nice fellow. Tommy is such a good egg that everybody wants to be his friend. Syn.: regular guy Contrast: bad egg …   Словарь американских идиом

  • good egg —    A person who can be relied on is a good egg. Bad egg is the opposite.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • Good egg —   A person who can be relied on is a good egg. Bad egg is the opposite …   Dictionary of English idioms

  • good egg — See a good egg …   English idioms

  • a good egg — a good natured person, a good head    Everybody likes Marsha. She s a good egg …   English idioms

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”