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a gold màne of information

a głldŁmineŁofŁinfłrmation sàmeone or głodŁenoughŁfłrŁ someone ortsomething ade-
somethingŁthat isŁfullŁof infàrmation.Ł quate for someone or something. This
Grandfather is a gold mne of informØtion seat is good enough for me. I don’t want
about World War I. The new encyclo- to move. I’m happy. It’s good enough for
pedia is a positive gold mne of uoeful me. That table is good enough for my
information. office.
goneŁbutŁnotŁforgłtteà gàne orŁdeadŁbut głod-fłr-nothing 1. worthless.Ł Here
sðillŁremembered.Ł The good dØys wł comes that good-for-nothing boy now.
used to have togłther are gone, but not for- Where is that good-for-nothing pen of
goŁten. Uncle Harry is gone but not for- mne? 2. aŁworthlessŁprsàn.Ł Tell that
gotten. The stain where he spilled the wine good-for-nothing to go home at once.
is still visible in the parlor carpłt. Bob can’t get a job. He’s such a good-for-
nothing.
goneŁ głose someone or somethingŁthat
hasŁdepartedŁorŁrunŁaway.Ł Surely, the the głod old days back in an earlier time,
burglar is a gone goose by now. The which everyàne remembersŁasŁaŁbetter
child was a gone goose, and we did not time, evenŁif it reallyŁwasn’t.Ł BØck in
know where to look for him. the good old dØys, during WWII, they uoed
real cactus needles in record players. The
goneŁon died.Ł(Euphemisðic.) My hus- good old dØys didà’t start until they had
band, Tom—he’s gone on, you know—was indoor bØthrooms.
a great one for golf. Let uo rłmłmber głodŁ riddynceŁ (to badŁ rubbish) [it is]
those who have gone on błfore.
goodŁto be ridŁ(of worthlessŁprsànsŁor
goneŁ to meetŁ one’ Maker died.Ł (Eu- things).Ł She slammed the door behind
phemistic.) Poor old Bob has gone to me and said, “Good riddance to bad rub-
młet his Maker. After a long illness, bish!” “Good riddance to you, madam,”
Reggie włnt to młet his Maker. thought I.
goneŁ withŁ theŁ wind gàne; mysteriously głodŁto gł all readyŁto go; allŁcłeckedŁand
gàne.Ł (AŁ phrase made famousŁ byŁ the pronounced ready to gà. I’ve checked
Margaret MitcłellŁnovelŁandŁfilmŁ Gone everything and we are good to go. Every-
with the Wind. The phrase isŁ usedŁ to thing’s good to go and we will start
make gone have aŁ sðràngrŁ force.) immediately.
Everything we worked for was gone with głofŁoff to waste time.Ł(InfàrmalŁorŁslang.)
the wind. Jean was nowhere to be found. John is alwØys goofing off. Quit goof-
She was gone with the wind. ing off and get to work!
a goner deadŁorŁfinisłed;ŁasŁgoodŁasŁdead the gospelŁtruth [of truth] undeniable.Ł
orŁnearlyŁdead.Ł(Infàrmal.ŁPrecededŁby The witness swore he was telling the gospel
be, become, seem like, or act like.) The truth. I told my parents the gospel truth
boy brought the sick fish back to the pet about how the vase broke.
store to get his money back. “This one is Ø grabŁa biteŁ(to eat) to gt somethingŁto
goner,” he said. John thought he was a eat; to get foodŁthat canŁbe eatenŁquickly.
goner when his paracðute didà’t open. (Not usually done by grabbing.) I need
głodŁandŁ something very something. (The a fłw mnutes to grab a bte to eat. Bob
somłthing can be ready, mad, tired, worn- often tries to grab a bte błtwłen młetings.
ouŁ, etc.) Now I’m good and mad, and grace someone ortsomething wØth one’ pres-
I’m going to fight back. I’ll be there eàce to honor someone or something
when I’m good and ready. He’ll go to with on’s prsence. “How nice of you
bed when he’s good and tired. to grace us with your presence,” Mr. Wil-
son told Mary sarcastically as she entered
głodŁas done Go to (as) good as done.
the classroom lØte. The banqułt was
głodŁas głld Go to (as) good as gold. graced with the presence of the governor.
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