not bad

Meaning

1. Oxford85% of films

   quite good; better than you expected

2. Editorial15% of films

   Not wicked, awful, or undesirable: denying that a person or situation is bad, rather than calling it quite good.

In the movies · 124

• You know, it's not bad at all. I kind of like it.Guess Who's Coming to Dinner1967
• That's not bad for a day's work, is it, Mr. Caul?The Conversation1974
• Not bad for a dead guy!Coco2017
• Not bad laughsBumblebee2018
• Not bad... bro.Dolittle2020
• Not bad, not bad. Check this out.Win Win2011
• It's not bad.We're the Millers2013
• Not bad, huh?Creed2015

Learn it in full scenes

• Win Win2011
  • Mike's Family Breakfast
  • Mike Stalls on a Broken Boiler
  • Mike Wants to Be Leo's Guardian
• We're the Millers2013
  • David Runs Into Little Ricky
  • David Fights for Casey
  • Brad Offers David a Job
• Creed2015
  • Adonis Asks Rocky to Train Him
  • Adonis and Bianca's First Date
  • Rocky Agrees to Train Adonis

From the same entry

• can't be bad
• have got it bad
• too bad
• go to the bad
• my bad
• take the bad with the good
• to the bad
• what am I bid
• bide your time

More idioms

• know what you're talking about
• these days
• for sure
• be out of your mind
• pretty much
• in the way
• you're welcome
• at a time
• have no idea
• thank god
• let me see
• the other day