good for someone

English

Adjective

good for someone (comparative better for someone, superlative best for someone)

Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see good,‎ for.
Eating fruit is good for you.

The litigation is not good for anybody.

Interjection

good for someone

An exclamation of encouragement or congratulation.
You got married? Good for you!

Obama doesn’t dodge “what if” questions. Good for him!

Synonyms

well done, get you (UK), good on you (UK, Australia), see also Thesaurus:well done.

Translations

an exclamation of encouragement or congratulation

Hungarian: gratulálok! (hu), ez igen!, ügyes! (hu)

Russian: молодец! (ru) (molodec!)

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