to the good

Idioms  

1. Also, all to the good. to an advantage or profit, as in We've got extra material and that's all to the good, I think. This idiom was first recorded in 1882.

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Example Sentences

That had been uncommonly easy, even compared to souls headed to the good realms.

From Literature

I’ll go to the good old boys at Commissary.

From Los Angeles Times

It was a night that promised so much as the Republic of Ireland found themselves two goals to the good after 23 minutes thanks to a Troy Parrott penalty and own goal from Czech goalkeeper Matej Kovar.

From BBC

But that leads us to the good news: That’s exactly why the smartest thing you can do is pick against Duke.

From The Wall Street Journal

Other tech leaders hope we can all just skip to the good part External link; others may not quite understand External link Star Trek at all.

From Barron's