go a long way | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)To beadequateorhelpfulfor a significant amount of time.This new law willgo a long wayin addressing this issue.Thank you for your generous donation; I'm sure it willgo a long way.1908October,Kenneth Grahame, chapter V, inThe Wind in the Willows, New York, N.Y.:Charles Scribner’s Sons,→OCLC:[…]and soon every field-mouse was sipping and coughing and choking (for a little mulled alegoes a long way) and wiping his eyes and laughing and forgetting he had ever been cold in all his life.1915,Virginia Woolf, chapter XIV, inThe Voyage Out, London:Duckworth & Co.,[…],→OCLC:“She’s every right to expect a handsome present from me, of course,” she thought, looking vaguely at the leopard on its hind legs, “and I’ve no doubt she does! Moneygoes a long waywith every one. The young are very selfish.[…]”1965, “Try a Little Love”, performed bySam Cooke:Always, always hold her hand / You'll find out, oh just a little love /Goes a long way2022September 27, Michael D. Shear, Miriam Jordan, “Biden Is Hoping Small Changes Go a Long Way on Immigration”, inThe New York Times‎[1],→ISSN:Biden Is Hoping Small ChangesGo a Long Wayon Immigration [title]; (idiomatic)Toachieveconsiderablesuccess.All parents hope that their children willgo a long wayin their lives.The moment I met him I knew he wouldgo a long way.

Examples:

EN: Believe me: hat fellow will go a long way.
ES: ¡Créeme, ese tipo llegará lejos!
EN: With a little study you'll go a long way.
ES: Estudiando llegará lejos.
EN: You going to go a long way, Whitney.
ES: Llegarás lejos, Whitney.
EN: Well. I know I'd go a long way myself.
ES: Sé que yo llegaría muy lejos.
EN: And you're gonna go a long way.
ES: Y te queda mucho por recorrer.
EN: "Now, a woman will go a long way to get the man she wants."
ES: Cualquier mujer iría lejos para conseguir al hombre que quiere.
EN: She'll go a long way.
ES: Creo que es fantástica.
EN: You and I could go a long way together, couldn't we.
ES: Tú y yo podríamos recorrer el camino juntos, ¿verdad?
EN: - You and I could go a long way together.
ES: - Juntos podríamos llegar muy lejos.
EN: He's got a streak of his own. He could go a long way up.
ES: Tiene un terreno propio por el que podría avanzar mucho.
EN: - Then you have to go a long way.
ES: - Entonces tendrás que recorrer un largo camino.
EN: That dough would go a long way towards helping Steve put his show on, wouldn't it?
ES: El vencedor de la carrera de mañana ganará 25,000 dólares. Con esa cantidad, Steve podrá estrenar su show.
EN: - You ought to go a long way. - Merci monsieur.
ES: - Entonces usted llegará lejos.
EN: You keep on going and you'll go a long way.
ES: Continúa como eres y llegarás lejos.
EN: Yes, Tweedy, you'll have to go a long way to find anybody as wide awake as my Nancy.
ES: Sí, Tweedy, tendrá que recorrer un largo camino para encontrar a alguien tan espabilado como mi Nancy.

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