good as gold

*good as gold

Cliché very good. (Usually used to describe children. *Also: as ∼.) Mother: Thank you for taking care of Gretchen; I hope she hasn't been too much trouble. Grandmother: Not at all; she's been as good as gold. We knew that Daddy would not read us a bedtime story unless we behaved, so we tried to be good as gold.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Siemen	SEE-mən (Dutch)	Dutch, Frisian
DÓRa	-	Hungarian, Icelandic
Monna	MO-nə	English
Dwyn	-	Celtic Mythology
Daumantas	-	Lithuanian
Ejvind	-	Danish