good sense

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)Common sense;sensibleness.Synonyms:mother wit,native witAntonym:bad sense1658,Thomas Hall, “[Chap. 4.]Verse 13. The cloak which I left atTroaswithCarpus, when thou comest bring with thee, and the Bookes, but especially, the Parchments.”, inA Practical and Polemical Commentary: Or, Exposition upon the Third and Fourth Chapters of the Latter Epistle of Saint Paul to Timothy.[…], London: Printed by E. Tyler, for John Starkey,[…],→OCLC,page433:I have divers of their Letters by me,where in there is neither good matter, good Language,good Senſe, nor true Engliſh.1694, “On a Discourse of My Lord the Bishop of Sarum, Concerning the Divinity and Death of (the Lord) Christ”, inConsiderations on the Explications of the Doctrine of the Trinity.[…]In a Letter to H. H.; published inA Third Collection of Tracts, Proving the God and Father of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Only True God;[…],[London]:[s.n.],1695,→OCLC,page21:They uſe Equivocal orAmbiguousWords, and Metaphorical orFigurativeExpreſſions, becauſe they do not ſo much ſuſpect the Underſtanding andgood Senſeof their Readers, as once to think, that they can take theſe Expreſſions, in a Senſe that is contrary to known and agreed Truths.1737September 7,A. B., “Saturday, August 27, 1737 [Julian calendar]”, inCommon Sense: Or, The Englishman’s Journal. Being a Collection of Letters, Political, Humorous, and Moral;[…], London: Printed, and sold by J. Purser[…];[a]nd G. Hawkins,[…], published1738,→OCLC,page211:He is a Man of too muchgood Senſeto be impoſed on by your little Artifices; and your acting a double Part by him, as you do, in one Caſe, every Day, makes you more odious to him.1768,Isaac Bickerstaff,The School for Fathers; or, Lionel & Clarissa. A Comic Opera.[…](Bell’s British Theatre.[…]), volume XXI, London: Printed for, and under the direction of, George Cawthorn,[…], published1797,→OCLC, act III, scene i,page75:Every one hasgood senseenough to see other peoples' faults, and good nature enough to overlook their own.1811August, “Art. IV.—Sketches of the Present Manners, Customs, and Scenery of Scotland, with Incidental Remarks on the Scottish Character.By Elizabeth Isabella Spence,[…]2 vols. London, Longman, 1811.”, inThe Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature(Series the Third), volume XXIII, number IV, London: Printed[by J. G. Barnard]for J. Mawman,[…];[a]nd sold by J. Deighton,[…]; J. Parker, and J. Cooke,[…],→OCLC,page381:Miss[Elizabeth Isabella] Spenceis amongst the number of those industrious and praiseworthy ladies, of whosegood sensewe are so well assured that we shall very freely make such remarks as strike us, on her present sketches, &c. without the smallest apprehension of giving offence.1908,G[ilbert] K[eith] Chesterton, “The Criminals Chase the Police”, inThe Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare, Bristol:J[ames]W[illiams]Arrowsmith,[…]; London:Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Company,→OCLC,page228:They had come to an open space of sunlight, which seemed to express to Syme the final return of his owngood sense; and in the middle of this forest clearing was a figure that might well stand for that common sense in an almost awful actuality.2018July 25, A. A. Dowd, “Falloutmay be the Most Breathlessly IntenseMission: ImpossibleAdventure Yet”, inThe A.V. Club‎[1], archived fromthe originalon31 July 2018:Escalation is the film's nuclear energy source. It's there, of course, in the downright lunatic stunts performed by Cruise, again defyinggood senseand his own advancing years to top his previous feats of reckless self-endangerment.

Examples:

EN: Say, you know, I didn't think the Amster had that much good sense.
ES: Yo que creía que el Amster no tenía tan buen juicio.
EN: I've let sentiment interfere with my good sense for too long a time.
ES: Los sentimientos han ofuscado el sentido común demasiado tiempo.
EN: A miracle of good sense, Your Majesty.
ES: Un milagro del sentido común, Majestad.
EN: Very good sense.
ES: Con buen sentido.
EN: I thought you'd have the good sense to forget about that dance tonight.
ES: Pensé que tendrías el sentido común de olvidarte del baile de esta noche.
EN: And that's where he showed good sense.
ES: Sabía lo que hacía. - Adiós.
EN: - I wish you'd have the good sense, Anna to face the realities of our position.
ES: - Ana, ojalá pudieras afrontar nuestra realidad.
EN: - Can I trust their good sense as I trust yours?
ES: ¿Puedo confiar en el criterio de ellos como confío en el suyo?
EN: Because dear, I have a very good sense.
ES: - Porque, querida, no tengo mucho sentido común.
EN: Yes, it's also going to rain. It would be very good sense to come in out of it.
ES: Va a llover y no sería mala idea salir de aquí.
EN: You have good sense, too.
ES: Tienes maña.
EN: You have good sense.
ES: Tienes maña.
EN: Oh, not always, but I do have a good sense of direction.
ES: Oh, no siempre, pero tengo un gran sentido de la orientación.
EN: If you ask me, Blake's usin' good sense.
ES: En mi opinión, Blake tiene razón.
EN: I also meant it in a good sense.
ES: La mía también lo es en cierto modo.

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