I just heard an expression while watching a TV series yesterday.
Someone just died and they said:
He is gone for good
I googled it and found that "for good" means "forever" in this context. But it still sounds odd to me to describe something unfortunate this way.
Is there a deeper reason behind this expression?
Best Answer
For good simply means forever or for good and all.
This of course differs from for good as opposed to for evil.