close enough for government work

and good enough for government work

sufficiently close; done just well enough. (Alludes to the notion that work for the government is not done with care or pride.) I didn't do the best job of mending your shirt, but it's close enough for government work.

See also: close, enough, government, work

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Takhmaspa	-	Ancient Persian
Stevan	-	Serbian, Croatian
Boris	['bɔris]
Maxine	mak-SEEN	English
Freya	FRAY-ah (Norse Mythology), FRAY-ə (English)	Norse Mythology, English (British, Modern)
Enok	E-nok (Swedish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish