Good Egg

Also: Good scout

Meaning of Idiom ‘Good Egg’

A good egg is a good, nice, and trustworthy person.

Good egg is the opposite of a bad egg.

Examples Of Use

“That Peter is a good egg. He’s always helping out.”

“Thanks for taking my shift yesterday. You’re a good egg.”

“Be a good scout and fetch me that wrench,” said Dad.

Origin

Good egg arose in the early 1900s as an antonym for bad egg. ¹Ammer, Christine. American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms]. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013.
It alludes to a person who is just as they apper to be, wholesome and kind.

More Idioms Starting with G

• Get Out of My Hair
• Go Over the Same Old Ground
• Get With It
• Get With the Program
• Going to (Will) Murder (Kill) Someone

More Character Idioms

• Pain in the Neck, a
• Glass Half Empty and Glass Half Full
• Bad Egg
• Show Your True Colors, to
• Salt of the Earth, the

More Egg Idioms

• If We Had Ham We Could Make Ham and Eggs, If We Had Eggs
• Goose Egg
• Go Suck an Egg
• Nest Egg, a
• Egg On

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• I Could Murder (A Food/Drink)
• Go Pear-shaped
• Chopped Liver
• Low-Hanging Fruit
• Know Which Side Your Bread is Buttered On

More ‘Good’ Idioms

• It’s All Good
• Sounds good (great, awesome, fantastic)
• So Far, So Good
• For Good
• Your Guess is as Good As Mine

More Positive Character Idioms

• Pain in the Neck, a
• Salt of the Earth, the
• Not Have A ______ Bone In One’s Body
• Heart of Gold, to have a
• Give the Shirt Off One’s Back

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