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
Mechthild	MEKHT-hilt	German
Dorotheos	-	Greek, Late Greek
Vilim	-	Croatian
Elena	[ə'leinə]
Abraam	-	Biblical Greek, Georgian
Hooda	-	Arabic