Phrase Usage – Meaning of ‘As Good ~ As I Ever Knew’

asmeaning-in-contextphrase-usage

“Now, yer mum an' dad were as good a witch an' wizard as I ever knew.”
(Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone)

What’s the meaning of the highlighted part?

Best Answer

Harry's mum was a good witch and his dad was a good wizard.

Yer mum and dad were a good witch an’ wizard.

How good were they? They were as good as any witch or wizard I ever knew.

Yer mum and dad were as good a witch an’ wizard as I ever knew.

These constructions are maybe, possibly, just a little bit too colloquial for, say, an exceptionally dry academic journal; but anywhere else they’re fine.

Related Topic