good old

English

Alternative forms

• good ol' (pronunciation spelling)
• good ole (pronunciation spelling)

Adjective

good old (not comparable)

1. Reliable; typical; consistently good.

   Good old Jenny – she typed out all the reports last night for us.

   There's nothing like a good old American action film.

Usage notes

• Only used attributively. The use implies the speaker is familiar with the entity mentioned.

Derived terms

• good old boy
• good old days

Translations

reliable

Chinese: Mandarin: (please verify) 老好 (lǎohǎo) (of a person), (please verify) 可靠 (zh) (kěkào) (lit. "reliable"), (please verify) 典型 (zh) (diǎnxíng) (lit. "typical"), (please verify) 經典 / 经典 (zh) (jīngdiǎn) (lit. "classic") Finnish: vanha kunnon French: bon vieux (fr), des familles (fr) German: guter alter Hungarian: jó öreg Icelandic: gamli góði, (weak inflection) trausti (is) Italian: buon vecchio Portuguese: bom e velho Russian: ста́рый до́брый (ru) (stáryj dóbryj) Spanish: de toda la vida Swedish: gamla goda

See also

• plain old
• poor old
• same old