Verb
To be unhelpful or inappropriate: usually used in the negative, as "not go amiss", to express that something would be welcome or useful.
A nice cup of tea wouldn't go amiss.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, amiss.
We must find out what went amiss in order to avoid such mishaps in the future.
A ballad once in a while doesn't go amiss. Chrissie Hynde
I think we could do with being a little more adventurous in certain areas and push on that little bit more, while a bit of luck also wouldn't go amiss. Steven Gerrard
You say, 'Where goest Thou' I cannot tell, And still go on. But if the way be straight I cannot go amiss before me lies Dawn and the day the night behind me that Suffices me I break the bounds I see, And nothing more believe and nothing less. My future is not one of my concerns. Victor Hugo