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It means he's an excellent person. How excellent? That depends on context.
If your heart is in the right place, you're fine. You're good. You're kind.
ABC News: One-upmanship on Senate Floor – What does one-upmanship mean here?
In this headline – Time for Facebook addicts to face the music (Times Online, UK, July 1, 2008) – why "face the music"?
In talking about things and when we don't have to distinguish them, one from another, we say "from something to something".
Was Iraq a fool's errand? – is a headline. What does "fool's errand" mean? Is it a set phrase?
Reader question: This – Sorry doesn't cut it – is a headline. But what does it mean?
"Zero tolerance", literally meaning no tolerance at all is by and large a political jargon. Use it with care.
An about-face instead means a 180-degree change from the position of attention...
What does she mean with "glass ceiling" and "18 million cracks"?
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