close enough for government work
/K L OW1 S IH0 N AH0 F AO0 R G AH0 V ER0 M AH0 N T W ER0 K/adjective
- 1
(US, idiomatic, humorous, derogatory) Adequate; acceptable as government work, imperfect but not worth the time nor effort of improving.
- 2
(Canada, idiomatic, humorous) Acceptable; equivalent to government work, neither worse nor better.
Translate “close enough for government work” into another language
Choose a language below to open the translator with English selected as the source language.