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honest-to-goodness

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honest-to-goodness
an honest-to-goodness thing or person is plain, simple, and exactly what they appear to be. I'd much rather have an honest-to-goodness steak than any of the fancy stuff he cooks. (always before noun)


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Sam is told he's in the year 1973, and concludes he is one of three things: an honest-to-goodness time traveler, in a coma and dreaming, or outright bonkers -- none a good option with a murder to prevent in 2006.
I nearly swooned with glee when I discovered that my children's new school had a soccer team for upper elementary grades, and I officially became someone I'd previously only fantasized about: an honest-to-goodness, score-card-carrying soccer morn.
If the exact nature of the genetic work is rather sketchily developed, the characters are not, and there's so little honest-to-goodness science fiction available to young audiences that the appearance of this promising trilogy is most welcome.
 
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