so far so good

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Meaning · English

Everything is going well up to this point

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Mọi thứ đang diễn ra tốt cho đến thời điểm này

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

Literally: the current extent of a situation
Where it’s used: Used Widespread English

Examples

I've been studying for three hours so far so good

AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)

Sources & notes

Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-31; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “so far so good” mean?

Everything is going well up to this point Literally: the current extent of a situation

Is “so far so good” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.