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close enough for government work
a. (context idiomatic humorous disparaging slang English) Good enough; not worth the time or effort of perfecting.
Usage examples of "close enough for government work".
Women marry their fathers and men their mothers, some say, and while such a broad statement can hardly be true all of the time, it was close enough for government work in Maddie's case.
But it looked, sounded, tasted, smelled, and felt real-close enough for government work, anyway.