so far so good

English

Alternative forms

• so far, so good

Pronunciation

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Phrase

so far so good

1. (idiomatic) Up to this point, all is OK.

   Well, you've packed your bags for the holiday, bought your tickets, reserved the hotel and put the dog in kennels. So far so good; now let's get to Minorca.

   • 1918, James George Frazer, Folk-Lore In The Old Testament, volume 1, page 76:

     They say that Ngoc hoang sent a messenger from heaven to men to say that when they reached old age they should change their skins and live for ever, but that when serpents grew old they must die. The messenger came down to earth and said, rightly enough, "When man is old he shall cast his skin; but when serpents are old they shall die and be laid in coffins." So far so good. But unluckily there happened to be a brood of serpents within hearing, and when they learned the doom pronounced on their kind, they fell into a fury and said to the messenger, "You must say it over again and just the contrary, or we will bite you."

Derived terms

• so far so bad

Translations

up to this point, all is OK

Basque: orain artean, dena ongi Catalan: de moment, tot va bé Chinese: Mandarin: 到目前為止一切順利 / 到目前为止一切顺利 (dào mùqián wéizhǐ yīqiè shùnlì) Czech: zatím to ujde Danish: så langt, så godt Finnish: tähän asti kaikki hyvin French: jusqu'à présent, tout va bien, jusqu’ici tout va bien German: so weit, so gut (de) Hungarian: eddig jó, eddig minden rendben Irish: tús maith leath na hoibre Italian: fin qui tutto bene Norwegian: Bokmål: så langt, så godt Nynorsk: så langt, så godt Portuguese: até agora tudo bem Russian: пока́ все хорошо́ (poká vse xorošó) Spanish: hasta ahora todo bien Vietnamese: mọi thứ vẫn tốt đẹp, cho đến đây mọi việc đều tốt lành, cho đến bây giờ mọi việc đề ổn Welsh: popeth yn iawn hyd yma