be good for

Verb

Meaning

be good for (third-person singular simple present is good for, present participle being good for, simple past was good for, past participle been good for)

(This entry is a translation hub.) To be fit, to be useful.

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Synonyms

come in handy

Examples

No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand. Bertolt Brecht

Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something. Henry David Thoreau

A woman should be good for everything at home, but abroad good for nothing. Euripides

He would be good for death. Hungarian Proverb

After three years even a disaster can be good for something. Japanese Proverb

If you are not good for yourself, how can you be good for others? Spanish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

be good be good again be good enough for be good for it be goody two-shoes be gorged