be a good

Related to word: good

Idiom

Definition

  1. B2

    Used to express that it is fortunate or lucky that something did not happen or that a decision was a good one, with a positive outcome.

    • It's a good job I didn't go to that restaurant yesterday; I heard they had a food poisoning outbreak.

    • It's a good job they left early, otherwise they would have missed their train.

    • It's a good job you brought an umbrella; the weather forecast didn't say it would rain, but it's pouring now.