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.

Examples of all well and good in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Think back to his initial connection with Sherman; education is all well and good, but the teachers and the students need to be speaking the same language. —Joe Kozlowski, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025

Finishing in the top 10 is all well and good, but leading laps and routinely putting yourself in position to win are essential in the playoffs. —Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025

That’s all well and good of course, but language has a more mysterious power within it. —Yoko Tawada august 18, Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2025

That’s all well and good, but our Universe isn’t well-described as a physical Hilbert space, so that isn’t a compelling argument. —Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 8 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for all well and good

• misunderstood
• unlikelihood
• adulthood
• babyhood
• brotherhood
• cottonwood
• fatherhood
• firewood
• fuelwood
• hardihood
• ironwood
• leatherwood