what good

idiom

—used to say that one does not think that something is helpful, useful, or worth doing

What good is a college education when you can't get a job after you graduate?

What good does it do to bring an umbrella along if you are only going to leave it in the car?

I could try talking to him, but what good would that do/be? He has already made up his mind.

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In other words, freedom to do what good literary translators have always done. —

Max Norman, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024 Good employers can further develop their workers by offering mentorship programs and facilitating networking, Petzold adds, so people can see what good models of leadership and high EQ look like. —

Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2024 And what good would modernity really do for a woman whose lifeforce so violently chafes against patriarchal control? —

David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 2 Dec. 2024 As a result, consensus and clarity around what good likes has been hard to find. —

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