Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Good
Good as a feast.
—Anonymous
Good as an addled egg.
—Anonymous
Good as an idle bird.
—Anonymous
Good as ever went upon the ground.
—Anonymous
Good as new.
—Anonymous
Beauty is as good as ready money.
—Anonymous
Good as truth.
—Anonymous
Good as dew to flowers.
—Anonymous
Good as gold.
—Honoré de Balzac
Good as white bread and just as insipid.
—Honoré de Balzac
Good as wheat.
—J. R. Bartlett’s Dictionary of Americanisms
Good as gold.
—Robert Buchanan
As good as a show.
—Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Good as a play.
—Charles II
As good music as when pigs play on the organ.
—John Clarke (Proverbs)
Good as ever water wet.
—William Hazlitt (Proverbs)
Good as ever trod upon shoe leather.
—London Chanticleers
Good as bread.
—Henry W. Longfellow
Good as puppet show.
—G. F. Northall (Folk Phrases)
Good as ever flew in the air.
—John Ray (Handbook of Proverbs, 1670)
Good as a sermon.
—Robert Southey
Good as a comedy.
—John Taylor
To do good to the base is like sowing the sea.
—Theognis