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Dec 3, 2009
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Good for Anything

Ripe for any sort of work.

“After a man has had a year or two at this sort of work, he is good ... for anything.” —Boldrewood: Robbery under Arms, chap. xi.

Not good for anything.
Utterly worthless; used up or worn down.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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