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close enough for government work
idiom
US(alsogood enough for government work)
enough or satisfactory for a particular purpose: 足够的;合格的;合乎需要的
It's not a direct correlation, but close enough for government work.
It's not perfect, but it's good enough for government work.
Estimates of the cost range from $1.5 billion to $125 billion, a disparity which some might say is close enough for government work but it's not close enough for me.
Most people would hardly notice such a tiny disparity, or declare it good enough for government work and ignore it.
"Enjoy" isn't exactly the right word where this movie is concerned but it's close enough for government work.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Quite good, or not very good
acceptable
acceptably
adequacy
adequate
adequately
government
half decent
iffy
impure
indifferent
passably
patchily
patchiness
patchy
presentably
scratch
spotty
the/your average bearidiom
up to scratchidiom
weedy
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