The good is the enemy of the best Idiom

best foot forward

(See put your best foot forward)

best interests at heart

thinking of a person's needs, in mind When I give low grades, I still have your best interests at heart.

best laid plans

(See the best-laid plans)

best of both worlds

(See the best of both worlds)

give it your best shot

do the best you can, try your hardest If you want to win, you have to give it your best shot.

give your best

(See give it your best shot)

hit me with your best shot

shoot or hit as hard as you can, sock it to me Hit me with your best shot. Serve the ball as hard as you can.

honesty is the best policy

telling the truth is the best plan, honesty pays off Above the teacher's desk is this sign: Honesty is the best policy.

make the best of

do as well as possible in a bad situation He has really made the best of his time since beginning his new job.

put your best foot forward

try to do your best work, present yourself well If you put your best foot forward, the employer will be impressed.

(the) acceptable is the adversary of (the) best

Settling for things that are alone acceptable or able can prohibit one from accomplishing that which is ideal. My adversary wants our government to accommodate alone abundant allotment for "good" services—good schools, acceptable hospitals, acceptable infrastructure, and so on. But acceptable is the adversary of the best, and that is why he and his affair will never advance our country to its fullest potential. You should never acquiesce your advisers to get abroad with mediocrity, for the acceptable is the adversary of the best, and if larboard absolved it will arrest your company's adeptness to grow.Learn more: enemy, good, of

The acceptable is the adversary of the best.

Prov. Instead of authoritative things the best that they can, bodies generally achieve for authoritative them alone good. Mother: Aren't you activity to carbon your paper? Child: Why? It's acceptable enough. Mother: The acceptable is the adversary of the best.Learn more: enemy, good, of

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put up to put up with put words in one put words into one put you at ease put you away put you in a bad mood put you off your game put your best foot forward put your foot in it put your foot in your mouth put your heart into it put your money where your mouth is put your shoulder to the wheel put yourself out put yourself through college putting me on the girl/boy next door the girls the git-go the glad hand the Gland Canyon the glass ceiling the glass is half empty the glass is half full the glass of fashion and the mold of form the glassy the gloves are off the gods of (something) the gods send nuts to those who have no teeth the goggle-box the going rate the going rate (for something) the going thing the golden age the golden age of something the golden age was never the present age the golden goose the golden mean the golden rule the golden section the Good Book The good is the enemy of the best the good life the good oil the good old days the good/bad old days the goods on the goods on (someone or something) the goose hangs high the gorge rises at it the gory details the gospel truth the grand old age of the grand old man of (something) the granddaddy of them all the grape(s) the grapes are sour the grapes are sour anyway the grass is always greener the grass is always greener (on the other side) The grass is always greener on the other side the grass is greener on the other side the grass roots the gravy train the gray dollar the greasy pole the great and the good