The difference between All very well and Well and good

When used as adjectives, all very well means all right, to a certain extent, whereas well and good means basically good, but with some shortcoming or limitation.


check bellow for the other definitions of All very well and Well and good

  1. All very well as an adjective (idiomatic):

    All right, to a certain extent.

    Examples:

    "That's all very well, but how are we supposed to move 900 pounds of equipment out there, at all?"

  2. All very well as an adjective (idiomatic):

    True, as far as it goes.

  1. Well and good as an adjective (idiomatic):

    Basically good, but with some shortcoming or limitation.

    Examples:

    "Having 200,000 entries is all well and good, but the data will be useless unless people can find what they need."

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