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Examples:fig. goods' (or person's) true value can only be determined through comparison—lit. don't worry about not knowing goods, but about comparing them (proverb)—caravan of horses carrying goods—To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite the successful execution of a job—receiver (of stolen goods)—help the needy with cash or goods—(not of regular commerce) sell or dispose of (goods etc)—guarantee refund (for faulty or unsatisfactory goods)—smuggler, esp. of electronic goods from Macao or Hong Kong Guangdong—goods in the command economy that are not graded by quality and uniformly priced—guarantee replacement (of faulty goods)—goods sent under the protection of an armed escort—order the return of stolen goods—fig. topsy-turvy and inequitable, e.g. manufacturing and trading costs exceed the sale price (of some goods)—natural economy (exchange of goods by bartering not involving money)—accept delivery of goods—guarantee refund or replacement (of faulty or unsatisfactory goods)—street stall with goods laid out on the ground—revere everything foreign and pander to overseas powers (idiom); blind worship of foreign goods and ideas—lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods [idiom.]—can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom); not good enough for a high post, but too proud take a low one—lit. drain away filth and bring in fresh water (idiom); fig. dispel evil and usher in good—harmful and without benefit (idiom); more harm than good—bearer of good news (esp. announcing success in imperial examinations)—The Good Soldier Švejk (Schweik), satirical novel by Czech author Jaroslav Hašek (1883-1923)—get a reasonably good, if not perfect, result—favorable weather (idiom); good weather for crops—good wine taken in excess (idiom); fond of the bottle—(honorific) Please take good care of yourself!—Good has its reward and evil has its recompense. The payback is just a matter of time—for the common good and forgetting personal interests (idiom); behave altruistically—good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed")—misfortune turns blessing (idiom); to turn an inauspicious start to good account—dualism, belief that the universe is made of two different substance (e.g. mind and matter or good and evil)—There are no poor soldiers under a good general—offspring a famous family (idiom); good breeding—persuade using all possible arguments (idiom); to act good cop and bad cop in turn—close down a business for good and put the best face on it [idiom.]—long illness makes the patient ina good doctor [idiom.]—a good deed goes unnoticed, but scandal spreads fast [idiom.]— |