fine and dandy
idiom
informal
—used to express agreement or approval
That's just fine and dandy with me.
Examples of fine and dandy in a Sentence
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Comments The looks at the 2025 Met Gala were fine and dandy.
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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 6 May 2025
The important data contained within a session cookie already includes a flag that says 2FA has been completed, and all is fine and dandy.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Best win: at BYU Worst loss: at Kansas State
NET ranking: 24
Comment: A victory on Senior Night over your rival is fine and dandy.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2025
The claim wasn’t that everything was fine and dandy in the here and now.
—Anthony Gottlieb, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
Everything seems fine and dandy until nightfall, when Nana spends her evenings crawling around on her hands and knees and moaning.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 2 Aug. 2024
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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 6 May 2025
The important data contained within a session cookie already includes a flag that says 2FA has been completed, and all is fine and dandy.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Best win: at BYU Worst loss: at Kansas State
NET ranking: 24
Comment: A victory on Senior Night over your rival is fine and dandy.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2025
The claim wasn’t that everything was fine and dandy in the here and now.
—Anthony Gottlieb, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
Everything seems fine and dandy until nightfall, when Nana spends her evenings crawling around on her hands and knees and moaning.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 2 Aug. 2024
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“Fine and dandy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fine%20and%20dandy. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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