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To keep good hours Hi, Is keep good hours still in use as a phrase? I didn't find it in news corpus but found it in Google. Forums Dictionarysearch:  English-Spanish English-French English-Italian English-German English-Dutch English-Russian English-Portuguese English-Polish English-Romanian English-Swedish English-Czech English-Greek English-Turkish English-Chinese English-Japanese English-Korean English-Arabic Spanish-English French-English Italian-English German-English Dutch-English Russian-English Portuguese-English Polish-English Romanian-English Swedish-English Czech-English Greek-English Turkish-English Chinese-English Japanese-English Korean-English Arabic-English Spanish-French Spanish-Portuguese Spanish-Catalan French-Spanish Portuguese-Spanish Englishdefinition Englishsynonyms Englishcollocations Englishusage Italiandefinition Spanishdefinition Spanishsynonyms Catalandefinition Spanish French Italian Login Register What'snew Search Rules/Help/FAQ Members InterfaceLanguage Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. Keepgoodhours Threadstarter Oswinw011 Startdate Aug10,2020 Oswinw011 SeniorMember Chinese Tokeepgoodhours Hi, Iskeepgoodhoursstillinuseasaphrase?Ididn'tfinditinnewscorpusbutfounditinGoogle. Here'smytry:youshouldkeepgoodhourseveryday.Otherwiseyourbodycan'ttakeit.   R reno33 Banned English-USA I'vereaditsomewhere,mostlikelyinaliterarybookoftheearly20thcenturyorbefore.ButI'veneverusediteitherinspeakingorwriting.Tome,itsoundsalittledated-unlikelyanyoneunder25yearsofagethesedayswouldevenknowwhatitmeans.   B boozer SeniorMember Bulgaria Bulgarian Oswinw011said: Here'smytry:youshouldkeepgoodhourseveryday. Clicktoexpand... Ifind'everyday'unnecessary-itgoeswithoutsaying. Ihavehearditincontexts(severalmaybe)whereitwasassociatedwiththeconceptof'respectability'and'goodbehaviour'. Iagreeitisanold-fashionedphrase,butifIwantedtotellsomeonedelicatelythatIneededthemtobeathomeandasleepatnight,Imightuseit.Well...veryunlikely   suzibr SeniorMember Cheshire English/England Oswinw011said: Tokeepgoodhours Hi, Iskeepgoodhoursstillinuseasaphrase?Ididn'tfinditinnewscorpusbutfounditinGoogle. Here'smytry:youshouldkeepgoodhourseveryday.Otherwiseyourbodycan'ttakeit. Clicktoexpand... Evenifyoudosaythis,whatdoesthesecondsentencemean? “...can’ttakeIT”.That’sveryvague.Weusuallyneed“it”torefertosomethingspecific.CertainlyinthiscontextIdonotknowwhatITisreferringto.   Oswinw011 SeniorMember Chinese suzibrsaid: Evenifyoudosaythis,whatdoesthesecondsentencemean? “...can’ttakeIT”.That’sveryvague.Weusuallyneed“it”torefertosomethingspecific.CertainlyinthiscontextIdonotknowwhatITisreferringto. Clicktoexpand... Iwastomeantheramificationorbadinfluenceonyourbodyifyoudon'tgotobedonontime.   Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Top