good old

English

Alternative forms

• good ol' (eye dialect)
• good ole (eye dialect)

Adjective

good old (not comparable)

1. Reliable; typical; consistently good.

   Good old Jenny - she typed out all the reports last night for us.

   There's nothing like a good old American action film.

Usage notes

• Only used before a noun phrase.

Derived terms

• good old boy

Translations

reliable

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 老好 (lǎohǎo) (of a person), 可靠 (zh) (kěkào) (lit. "reliable"), 典型 (zh) (diǎnxíng) (lit. "typical"), 經典／经典 (zh) (jīngdiǎn), 经典 (zh) (jīngdiǎn) (lit. "classic")

• Finnish: vanha kunnon
• French: bon vieux, des familles (fr)
• Hungarian: jó öreg
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• Icelandic: gamli góði m, (weak inflection) trausti (is) m
• Portuguese: bom e velho m, boa e velha f, bons e velhos m pl, boas e velhas f pl
• Russian: ста́рый до́брый (stáryj dóbryj)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: gamla goda