КНИГИ НА АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫКЕ, ИМЕЮЩЕЕ ОТНОШЕНИЕ К СЛОВУ «BE ON TO A GOOD THING»
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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
be on to a good thing informal to have an easy and pleasant life or job in which it
is not necessary to work hard: He s on to a good thing, he has free
accommodation in return for answering the phone when the family are out. • do
your own thing ...
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
... benefit,” as in Ifwe work hard we can make a good thing of thisjob. The first
term dates from the second half of the 1900s, the second from the early 18005. A
similar usage is be on to a good thing, in effect preceding “have a good thing
going.
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Chambers Universal Learners' Dictionary
See also be on to a good thing below. all in good time see time ... I needed it, and
he was as good as his word. be in someone's good books see book, be 'on to a ,
good 'thing (in/) to be in a situation, job etc which is particularly good, pleasant, ...
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Concise English Dictionary
... her, own ground, accommodate oneself to his, her, circumstances and outlook:
(loosely, in a bad sense) to keep changing one's opinions, etc., so as to suit one's
company; be on to a good thing (coll.) to be in a particularly profitable position, ...
... one has promised to do: He said he would lend me the money if I needed it,
and he was as good as his word. be in (someone's) good books see book. be on
to a good thing (inf) to be in a situation, job etc which is particularly good,
pleasant, ...
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms
... one has promised to do: He said he would lend me the money if I needed it,
and he was as good as his word. be in (someone's) good books see book. be on
to a good thing (in/) to be in a situation, job etc which is particularly good,
pleasant, ...
Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick, C. M. Schwarz, 1993
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Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms
... especially close to the original state after damage, injury, or illness. be as good
as your word do what you have promised to do. be good news: see NEWs. be in
good company: see COMPANY. be on to a good thing: see THING. be — to the ...
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Sterling Dictionary of Idioms
It is a good thing that you have come early. be on to a good thing have found a
job or style of life that is pleasant, well paid, etc. be seeing things have
hallucinations She was seeing things and thought that she was dressed up like a
princess. a ...
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
P.B.: in later C.20, esp. in phrase (be) on to a good thing, to stumble on, or to be
pursuing, something advantageous or profitable; it may even be used in ref. to
the pursuit, by a male, of a particularly attractive, or willing, girl.—2. (Of a person)
...
to be on to a good thing JtSS-ft g BWf'JW to do one's own thing 1. (P) f# g fi&SW *
; ttgaft*?-^*!. wge,»i# W**BR»^*a g BMttfc (Ivy used to work for a company. Later
she gave that up because she wanted to do her own thing and become an artist.
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