English-Dutch translations for as good as

• zo goed als
  Hij heeft mij zo goed als gevraagd tegen zijn verslag te stemmen. He as good as asked me to vote against his report.
  Maar wetgeving is slechts zo goed als de tenuitvoerlegging ervan. But any legislation is only as good as its enforcement.
  Hergebruik klinkt goed, maar is het wel zo goed als we denken? Re-use sounds very good at first, but is it really as good as we think?

Definition of as good as

• almost, virtually, practically; tantamount to

Examples

• Sending the soldiers out into that blizzard was as good as murdering them!

Related words

• as good as it gets
• as good as dead
• enough is as good as a feast
• one is only as good as one's last shift
• a miss is as good as a mile
• give as good as one gets
• a nod is as good as a wink
• three movings are as good as a fire
• good as gold