world of good, a



world of good, a

A great benefit, as in A vacation will do you a world of good. This expression uses world in the sense of "a great deal," a usage dating from the 1400s. [Late 1800s]
See also: of, world

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Lothair-History
Livingston['liviʒstən]
Patya-Russian
Nadeem-Arabic, Urdu
Constantius-Late Roman
CesÁRio-Portuguese