good old

English

Alternative forms

good ol' (eye dialect)
good ole (eye dialect)

Adjective

good old (not comparable)

Reliable; typical; consistently good.
Good old Jenny - she typed out all the reports last night for us.

There's nothing like a good old American action film.

Usage notes

Only used before a noun phrase.

Derived terms

Translations

reliable

Chinese:
Mandarin: 老好 (lǎohǎo) (of a person), 可靠 (zh) (kěkào) (lit. "reliable"), 典型 (zh) (diǎnxíng) (lit. "typical"), 經典／经典 (zh) (jīngdiǎn) (lit. "classic")
Finnish: vanha kunnon
French: bon vieux (fr), des familles (fr)
German: guter alter
Hungarian: jó öreg
Icelandic: gamli góði, (weak inflection) trausti (is)
Italian: buon vecchio
Portuguese: bom e velho
Russian: ста́рый до́брый (ru) (stáryj dóbryj)
Spanish: de toda la vida
Swedish: gamla goda

See also

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