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good as wheat in the bin

good as wheat in the bin adjective: perfectly good, sound, or reliable.

Adjective

good as wheat in the bin (not comparable)

  1. (US, dated, simile) Perfectly good, sound, or reliable.
    • Then write to any of the banks mentioned, to any rating agency, to any financial house, and they will tell you that here is an opportunity that is as good as wheat in the bin.1917, Pearson's Magazine, volume 38, page 43
    • He can get more potatoes on the strength of a telegram to some place or other than John D. Rockefeller can get on collateral, for everybody knows The Sky's word is as good as wheat in the bin.1989, David Wheeler, No, But I Saw the Movie, page 167

Questions about good as wheat in the bin

What does good as wheat in the bin mean?
Good as wheat in the bin means perfectly good, sound, or reliable.
What part of speech is good as wheat in the bin?
Good as wheat in the bin is an adjective.

Words near good as wheat in the bin in the dictionary

  1. good articles
  2. good artists copy, great artists steal
  3. good as gold
  4. good as new
  5. good as one's word
  6. good as wheat in the bin
  7. good bet
  8. good bishop
  9. good bishops
  10. good black don't crack
  11. good boi

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