it's a good thing - Longman Dictionary

it's a good thingit's a good thing · (also it's a good job British English) used to say that you are glad something happened, because there would have been ... it’sagoodthingFromLongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglishit’sagoodthingit’sagoodthing(alsoit’sagoodjobBritishEnglish)usedtosaythatyouaregladsomethinghappened,becausetherewouldhavebeenproblemsifithadnothappened  It’sagoodthingyou’reathome.I’velostmykeys.andagoodthing/jobtooBritishEnglish  She’sgone,andagoodthingtoo.→goodExamplesfromtheCorpusit’sagoodthing•It'sagoodjobyoudidn'tscream.•Ithinkit'sagoodthing.•MalespeakerIt'sagoodthingforthearea.•Still,it'sagoodthingfromthehunt'spointofviewthatnewbloodiscomingalong,surely?•It'sagoodthingIbroughtmycamera.•Idecideit'sagoodthingthatIdon'tseeSeantrytocaptureIan'sincandescentdance.•Soit'sagoodthingtogetone'smindoffinone'ssparetime.•MalespeakerIt'sagoodthingwecheckthem-wecanfindanyinjuredbirdsandhelpthem.•It'sagoodthingwegothereintime,hethought.•It'sagoodthingyourememberedtobringnapkins. Quizzes Quizzes Takeourquickquizzestopractiseyourvocabulary. Wehavethousandsofsix-questionquizzestotry. Choosefromcollocations,synonyms,phrasalverbsandmore. Picturesoftheday Whatarethese? Clickonthepicturestocheck. Exploretopics Pets Food,dish Airforce Glass Seealltopics Wordoftheday flatter topraisesomeoneinordertopleasethemorgetsomethingfromthem,eventhoughyoudonotmeanit