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be all very well

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be all very well

if you say that something is all very well, you mean that although it is good in some ways, it is bad in some ways too. Electric heating is all very well, but what happens if there's a power cut? (usually + but)

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be all over the shop
be all smiles
be all sweetness and light
be all talk
be all the rage
be all there
be all things to all men

be all very well
be all wet
be an apology for
be an artist/patriot/professional/etc. to fingertips
be an easy/soft touch
be an open book
be another/a different kettle of fish
be another/one of life's great mysteries

be all fingers and thumbs

be all fun and games

be all in a day's work

be all in the mind

be all it's cracked up to be

be all moonlight and roses

Be All My Sins Remember'd

Be All My Sins Remember'd (Stargate Atlantis)

be all over the shop

be all sweetness and light

be all the rage

be all things to all men

be all very well

Be All You Can Be

Be All You Can Be

Be All You Can Be (Beavis and Butt-Head episode)

Be All You Want Me to Be

be an apology for

be an artist. to fingertips

be an artist/patriot/professional/etc. to fingertips

be an easy touch

be an easy/soft touch

be an etc. to fingertips

Be an Interplanetary Spy

be an open book

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be an professional. to fingertips

be an soft touch

be another different kettle of fish

be another of life's great mysteries

be another/a different kettle of fish

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