so far, so good

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Idioms and Phrases

Matters are satisfactory up to this point, as in You've knitted the main portion of the sweater but not the sleeves? Well, so far, so good . This idiom was first recorded in James Kelly's Scottish Proverbs (1721), where it is defined: “So far, so good. So much is done to good purpose.”

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"No New York Yankees hat. I left it in the hotel. People might come up to us, treat us differently. But so far, so good," he added.

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In that sense, it has been so far, so good for the Mexican leader.

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"So far, so good. I've not lost my mind with the cameras in my house all the time," she told Vogue magazine in November.

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Some might be waiting for him to come back to earth, but it’s so far so good.

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"So far, so good," the 82-year-old said.

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