fine and dandy

Idioms and Phrases

All right, excellent, as in What you're proposing is fine and dandy with the rest of us . This redundant colloquialism ( fine and dandy both mean “excellent”) today is more often used sarcastically in the sense of “not all right” or “bad,” as in You don't want to play bridge? Fine and dandy, you've left me without a partner .

Example Sentences

“I just like to think we’re somewhere in the middle. You know, we have our struggles — like of course I’m not gonna sit here and say that everything’s absolutely fine and dandy, because of course you go through different things, and that’s what a relationship is.”

From Los Angeles Times

“You’ll carry on as if nothing was wrong, as if everything was fine and dandy?”

From New York Times

As we saw in the aftermath of the insurrection, many of the people who stormed the Capitol didn't even think they'd face legal consequences, because the Republican normalization of political violence made them think their actions were just fine and dandy.

From Salon

It was fine and dandy to meet a bunch of people around the world as they faced weird happenings, but where were the creatures, the cool spaceships, the explosions?

From New York Times

“We have to fight about that stuff. That’s all fine and dandy, but we’re well on our way, and I feel really good about it.”

From New York Times

Related Words

• agreeable
• amiable
• amusing
• bland
• charming
• cheerful
• congenial
• cool
• cordial
• delightful
• engaging
• enjoyable
• fun
• gracious
• homey
• likable
• lovely
• mild
• pleasing
• pleasurable