all well and good
idiom
—used to say that something may seem proper, good, or reasonable by itself but that there are other things that also have to be considered
It is all well and good that you have been enjoying yourself, but you have to start saving your money.
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Gunning for towering SCOPs and reaching towards the Carnot limit is all well and good—but obsessing over this could become distracting, stresses Wheeler.
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Chris Baraniuk, WIRED, 2 July 2024
Addressing them and finding a way to batten down the hatches is all well and good in theory; however, putting it into practice is a completely different game, especially for smaller or sole miners.
—Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 18 June 2024
That sounds all well and good, but then Ben goes home and has a wild vision/hallucination/actual sighting of yet another giant buglike demon.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 23 May 2024
That’s all well and good for a $40 bottle, but not for an ultra-premium brand like this.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 12 May 2024
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Chris Baraniuk, WIRED, 2 July 2024
Addressing them and finding a way to batten down the hatches is all well and good in theory; however, putting it into practice is a completely different game, especially for smaller or sole miners.
—Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 18 June 2024
That sounds all well and good, but then Ben goes home and has a wild vision/hallucination/actual sighting of yet another giant buglike demon.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 23 May 2024
That’s all well and good for a $40 bottle, but not for an ultra-premium brand like this.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 12 May 2024
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“All well and good.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all%20well%20and%20good. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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