nobody

See: IT'S AN ILL WIND THAT BLOWS NOBODY GOOD.

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[wind] See: [GET WIND OF], [GOD TEMPERS THE WIND TO THE SHORN LAMB], [GONE WITH THE WIND], [IN THE WIND], [IT IS AN ILL WIND THAT BLOWS NOBODY GOOD], [SECOND […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

it is an ill wind that blows nobody good

[it is an ill wind that blows nobody good] No matter how bad a happening is, someone can usually gain something from it. - A proverb. * /When Fred got […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

way the wind blows

[way the wind blows] or [how the wind blows] {n. phr.} The direction or course something may go; how things are; what may happen. * /Most senators find put which […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

good

[good] See: [AS GOOD AS], [AS GOOD AS ONE GETS], [BUT GOOD], [DO ONE GOOD], [FOR GOOD], [FOR GOOD MEASURE], [GET THE GOODS ON], [HOLD GOOD], [IN GOOD], [IN GOOD […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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