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much good may it do someone

much good may it do someone phrase: used to express the hope that something will work out well for someone, often with the implication that, while hoping for the best, the speaker does not expect much.

Phrase

much good may it do someone

  1. Used to express the hope that something will work out well for someone, often with the implication that, while hoping for the best, the speaker does not expect much.
    • “Mr. Chufiey is a lyin' down,” said Mrs. Gamp, returning, " and much good may it do him, Mr. Chuzzlewit, which harm it can't and good it may, be joyful!"1843, Charles Dickens, The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit
    • Your husband may keep his twenty thousand pounds, and much good may it do him!1882, Albion Winegar Tourgée, Our Continent, page 722

Synonyms of much good may it do someone

Origin of much good may it do someone

From do good.

Questions about much good may it do someone

What does much good may it do someone mean?
Much good may it do someone means used to express the hope that something will work out well for someone, often with the implication that, while hoping for the best, the speaker does not expect much.
What part of speech is much good may it do someone?
Much good may it do someone is a phrase.

Words near much good may it do someone in the dictionary

  1. much adoe about nothing
  2. much appreciated
  3. much as
  4. Much Birch
  5. Much Dewchurch
  6. much good may it do someone
  7. much grass
  8. Much Hadham
  9. Much Hoole
  10. much less
  11. Much Marcle

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