a good thing

Meaning

1. Editorial55% of films

   Something welcome, beneficial, or worth approving.

2. Oxford45% of films

   to be lucky that…

In the movies · 72

• Well, never thought of that as a good thing.The Super Mario Bros. Movie2023
• We got a good thing going, Big Daddy.Auto Focus2002
• That's a good thing. It lowers my inhibitions.Tucker and Dale vs. Evil2010
• It's a good thing.Superbad2007
• It's a good thing.Icarus2017
• Feeling a good thingEverything Everywhere All at Once2022
• Well, that's a good thing.The Secret Life of Bees2008
• Maybe that's a good thing.Fahrenheit 9/112004

Learn it in full scenes

• The Super Mario Bros. Movie2023
  • Spike Mocks the Mario Brothers
  • Mario and Luigi's First Job
  • Mario's Family Doubts the Dream
• Auto Focus2002
  • Lenny Pitches Bob a Sitcom
  • Anne Confronts Bob About the Magazines
  • Bob Meets the VTR Salesman
• Tucker and Dale vs. Evil2010
  • Tucker Pushes Dale to Talk to Allison
  • Tucker and Dale Get Pulled Over
  • Tucker and Dale Tour Their Cabin

From the same entry

• A is one thing, B is another
• all things being equal
• and things
• be all things to all men
• come to the same thing
• be no bad thing
• be onto a good thing
• do things to
• do your own thing
• first thing
• first things first
• for one thing