Chapter Golden Valley to Good Samaritan of G by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

Good Friday The anniversary of the Crucifixion. "Good" means holy. Probably good = God, as in the phrase "Good-bye" (q.v.).
   Born on Good Friday. According to ancient superstition, those born on Christmas Day or Good Friday have the power of seeing and commanding spirits.

Good Graces (To get into one's). To be in favour with.

"Having continued to get into the good graces of the buxom widow." - Dickens: Pickwick, chap. xiv.

Good Hater (A). I love a good hater. I like a man to be with me or against me, either to be hot or cold. Dr. Johnson called Bathurst the physician a "good hater," because he hated a fool, and he hated a rogue, and he hated a Whig; "he," said the Doctor, "was a very good hater."

Good Lady (The). The mistress of the house. "Your good lady," your wife. (See Goodman.)
    "My good woman" is a deprecatory address to an inferior; but "Is your good woman at home?" is quite respectful, meaning your wife (of the lower grade of society).

Good Neighbours So the Scotch call the Norse drows.

Good Regent James Stewart, Earl of Murray, appointed Regent of Scotland after the imprisonment of Queen Mary.

Good Samaritan One who succours the distressed. The character is from our Lord's Parable of the man who fell among thieves (St. Luke x. 30-37).