good as wheat in the bin

adjective

Perfectly good, sound, or reliable.

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Meanings

adjectivegood as wheat in the bin (not comparable)
  1. USdatednot comparablesimilePerfectly good, sound, or reliable.

    Then write to any of the banks mentioned, to any rating agency, to any financial house, and they will tell you that here is an opportunity that is as good as wheat in the bin.

    1917, Pearson's Magazine, volume 38, page 43
    1 more example

    He can get more potatoes on the strength of a telegram to some place or other than John D. Rockefeller can get on collateral, for everybody knows The Sky's word is as good as wheat in the bin.

    1989, David Wheeler, No, But I Saw the Movie, page 167

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APA

good as wheat in the bin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/good%20as%20wheat%20in%20the%20bin

MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “good as wheat in the bin,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/good%20as%20wheat%20in%20the%20bin.

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