What does So Far, So Good mean?

So Far, so good.

[Dictionary] So far, so good.

[Example]?

A: How are you doing? How are you doing recently?

B:So far so good. So far so good.

Extended information:

Analysis:

So far means "so far", "so far" (=until now), pay attention to how it is used together Tense:

(1) If it is emphasized that the predicate action described by so?far continues until now, then the predicate verb is in the present perfect tense.

For example:?So?far?there?has?been?no?bad?news． ?No bad news so far.

(2) If you do not emphasize that the predicate action described by so?far has continued until now, but only focus on describing an objective phenomenon, then

You can use the simple present tense (predicate The verb is usually some state verb).

For example: So?far,?it?is?only?talk． ?So far it’s just empty talk.

(3) If so?far does not describe the predicate action, but indirectly describes a certain noun in the sentence, then the sentence predicate needs a specific context

Use tense.

For example: She?gave?us?a?brief?resume?of?the?project?so?far． ?She gave us a brief summary of the project's journey so far

. (The so?far in the sentence indirectly modifies the noun the?project)

(4) ? is sometimes used in omitted sentences, and the tense of the sentence is implicit in the context.

For example: ?So?far, ?so?good． ?So far, so good.

so good means "good".

So far so good cannot be taken apart, otherwise it will become a "day day up" type joke. In other words, So far so good is not literally so far. What a great idea.

So far so good, as an idiomatic expression, emphasizes "matters are satisfactory up to this point", that is, "so far so good", "so far it seems to be going well", etc. I mean, it’s hard to say whether the future will be good or bad.

Reference: Conjunctions (English conjunctions)_Baidu Encyclopedia