Meaning
Well-behaved and obedient.
Origin
'As X as Y' similes usually compare someone or something with some property of an item that is well-known to exhibit that property. For example:
Her dress was as white as snow.
Alike as two peas in a pod.
In this case things are a little different. Gold isn't well-known to be either well-behaved or obedient. Here 'good' means genuine - not counterfeit.
When banknotes (known as bills in the USA and some other countries) were first introduced they weren't considered to be money in the sense we now think of them. They were promissory notes or IOUs. Gold or silver was real money as it had intrinsic value. Notes were just promises to pay in coin. UK banknotes, like those of many other countries, still include messages like this, signed by the Chief Cashier of the Bank of England: 'I promise to pay the bearer on demand the sum of ten pounds'.
So, 'as good as gold' ought really to be 'as genuine as gold', but the more usual meaning of 'good' has taken precedence over the years and left us with the usual meaning of the phrase.
As these similes go, it isn't especially old and is first recorded in Thomas Hood's Lost Heir, 1845:
"Sitting as good as gold in the gutter."
Well the phrase comes from the saying "Every cloud has a silver lining" which means every problem (the cloud) has something good from it (the silver lining) so basically that person is saying you dont look at the good side of bad things
this geordie saying means a canny bag of crisps canny meaning good.
Saying that the Beatles are a good band is an understatement. Saying that Beyonce is good-looking is an understatement. Saying that Harry Potter is a good book is an understatement.
I think it means I hear what you are saying and I agree with what you are saying
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Gold in them hills' refers to the California gold rush. It was a common saying for those that moved out West to mine for gold in the mountains.
Midas was a guy who had the ability to touch anything and it would immediately turn into gold so saying you have the Midas touch means whatever you do becomes good.
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"Good show" is a British way of saying "good job" or "nice effort."
have a good day, i.e. hope your day is good, a form of saying goodbye
The saying "time is gold", or "time is money," is just a way of saying time, like gold, is precious.
It is saying hello/good evening after MiddayIt means Good Evening.
It means that you will have good luck.
Its like saying good but in a cool way. What's good = What's gizzy. Word.
The saying 'you can have too much of a good thing' means that something pleasant may become unpleasant in the long-run.