CLASS 9
IF I WERE YOU
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ugly
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excellent
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Detailed explanation-1: -dandy. 2 of 2 adjective. dandier; dandiest. : very good : splendid, excellent.
Detailed explanation-2: -/ˈdæn.di/ (also jim-dandy) very good. This is often said as a joke when really something is not good or you are not happy about it : Well, that’s just dandy if you happen to have half a million dollars to spare.
Detailed explanation-3: -All right, excellent, as in What you’re proposing is fine and dandy with the rest of us. This redundant colloquialism (fine and dandy both mean “excellent”) today is more often used sarcastically in the sense of “not all right” or “bad, ” as in You don’t want to play bridge?
Detailed explanation-4: -It is. One of dandy’s meanings is “a man who is unduly concerned with looking stylish and fashionable” and has as synonyms such words as “fop” and “coxcomb” all of which have a negative connotation of vanity.
Detailed explanation-5: -He was a dandy who dress smartly and was very fastidious about his clothing. The dandy, therefore, is always compelled to astonish. The dandy is, by occupation, always in opposition. One society publication referred to him as the noted soldier and dandy.