it is just as well

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   it is a good thing

   Juries can sometimes be very stupid, and it's just as well not to worry them with more evidence than they can conveniently deal with.

   It's just as well. I'd have been the next one to strip.

In the movies · 3

• It's just as well. I'd have been the next one to strip.You Can't Take It with You1938
• Juries can sometimes be very stupid, and it's just as well not to worry them with more evidence than they can conveniently deal with.The Letter1940
• It's just as well.Fiddler on the Roof1971
• we'd do just as well as you. If not, better.Kingsman: The Secret Service2014
• Just as well.Oppenheimer2023
• It was just that Well, that's the...Hunt for the Wilderpeople2016
• It's just that, well...Mary Poppins Returns2018
• Just that, well, you know.Whatever Works2009

Learn it in full scenes

• You Can't Take It with You1938
  • Kirby Plans the Munitions Monopoly
  • Poppins Becomes a Lily of the Field
  • A Day in the Sycamore House
• The Letter1940
  • Leslie Confesses After the Shooting
  • Leslie Recounts the Night Hammond Died
  • Leslie Describes Shooting Hammond
• Oppenheimer2023
  • Bohr Sends Oppenheimer to Göttingen
  • Strauss Offers Oppenheimer a Job
  • Rabi Meets Oppenheimer on a Train

From the same entry

• could just as well
• just about
• just a minute
• just like that
• just now
• just so
• just then
• not just yet
• I, would just as soon do
• in case
• just the ticket

More idioms

• keep quiet about
• keep your options open
• kill time
• lay a finger on
• lose your cool
• not far off
• play by the rules
• pull the wool over eyes
• put the record straight
• roll up your sleeves
• sooner rather than later
• take a shine to