so far so good

Definitions

Up to this point, all is OK.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“Well, you've packed your bags for the holiday, bought your tickets, reserved the hotel and put⟳ the dog in kennels. So far so good; now let's get⟳ to Minorca.”

“They say⟳ that Ngoc hoang sent a messenger from heaven to men to say⟳ that when they reached old age they should change⟳ their skins and live⟳ for ever, but that when serpents grew old they must die⟳. The messenger came down to earth and said, rightly enough, "When man is old he shall cast⟳ his skin; but when serpents are old they shall die⟳ and be laid in coffins." So far so good. But unluckily there happened to be a brood of serpents within hearing, and when they learned the doom pronounced on their kind, they fell into a fury and said to the messenger, "You must say⟳ it over again and just the contrary, or we will bite⟳ you."”

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