Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “good riddance“ and it is a phrase meaning “used to indicate that you are happy that someone (unwanted/ troublesome) is departed or something (unwanted/troublesome) is gone”.
Example Sentence: The coronation (crowning) no longer provides a platform to parade an imperial reach, as that of Elizabeth II, attended by more than 50 senior representatives of Britain’s possessions and Commonwealth nations, emphatically still sought to. It will not be a celebration of Britain’s global military and naval clout, which earlier coronations also were. Those days have gone, and good riddance.
This phrase is present in The Guardian view on the coronation of Charles III: a dated pageant that should be rethought and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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