good for what ails you

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Rur. able to cure any problem or illness. (Usually used to describe food or liquor.) Have a sip of this whiskey. It's good for what ails you. Sally's beef broth is good for what ails you.

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Not surprisingly, after decades of pushing the line that more government is good for what ails you, and that cheap or free healthcare is an American "right," liberals who ask most of the poll questions usually get the responses they seek. The ills of fixing drug prices by Hoar, William P. / The New American A new voice for a new age, Cochise's The Kemosabe Therapy is good for what ails you. The Kemosabe Therapy--Cochise Scholar Warrior by Bates, Gene / Whispering Wind Everybody knows the adage that laughter is good for what ails you. Keep on the sunny side by Medical Update			golden handcuffs golden opportunity golly gone gone but not forgotten gone for a burton gone goose gone on gone to meet maker gone with the wind goner good good and good and proper good as done good as gold good as new good bet Good Book good die young good egg Good enough good enough for Good fences make good neighbors good for good for what ails you Good for you! Good golly. Miss Molly! good grief Good grief! Good luck! good many Good men are scarce good old boy good old days good riddance Good riddance! Good seed makes a good crop good sport good talking to you Good things come in small packages Good things come to him who waits good to be here good to go good to have you here good to hear your voice good to see you Good-bye and good riddance Good-bye for now goodbye goodness			Good Faith Estimates Good Faith Money Good faith negotiation Good faith negotiation Good faith negotiation Good faith negotiation Good Feelings, Era Good fellowship Good Fellowship Ambulance Club Good fences make good neighbors Good Fight Good Flipping Question Good Folk Good Folk Good Foot good for Good for Construction Good for Day Good for Day Order Good for Day Orders Good for Everything good for him! good for him! good for him! Good For Nothing good for one’s advantage Good for Parts Only Good for Parts Only Good for Parts Only Good for Round Tour Ticket good for what ails you Good for whom good for you good for you good for you! good for you! good for you! good for you! good form good form good fortune good fortune Good Freakin' Game Good Freakin' Luck Good Friday Good Friday Good Friend Good Friend Good Friend Good Friend Good Friend of Dog Good Friend of Mine Good Friends Good Friends Good Friends Good Friends United Good from Far Far from Good Good Fun good funds Good Game Good Game All

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