Good Value Meaning
(Britain, Australia, idiomatic, slang) Funny; witty.
Example: Used other than as an idiom: see good,‎ value.
1910, Iowa Department of Agriculture, The Iowa Year Book of Agriculture, Volume 10, page 475,
It is no matter how high-priced a sheep is, just so he is a good value.
1960, The Illustrated London News, Volume 237, Issue 1, page 202,
Moreover, today we meet Bridie in theatre far too seldom : he is a better value, and more likely to live in record, than the modish mayflies of our stage.
1973, The Autocar, Volume 138, page 11,
She is a good value at £594 in standard form, but a suitable 40 hp engine and a trailer would raise the total price to well over £1000 (Microplas Ltd., Homewood Road, Mitcham, Surrey).
1983, The Month, Issues 1384-1395, page 66,
Audiences fill theatres where his work is staged. He is a good value. He never fails, which is not to say he always succeeds.
2007, Richard Ford, The Lay of the Land, page 95,
He is a good value—earnest, sympathetic, solid to the bone and not overcomplicated—just the way you′d hope your undertaker would be.
2003 David Philip Reiter, Interactive Publications, Liars and Lovers, page 79,
‘Not anymore,’ she said, quickly ‘But he′s worth his weight in gold at a party. He always has something to say, and most of the time it′s interesting. That reflects well on me for inviting him.’
‘He is a good value.’
2010, Gyles Brandreth, Something Sensational to Read in the Train: The Diary of a Lifetime, unnumbered page,
Friday, 17 July 1981
Yesterday: morning with Germaine Greer – she is a good value, stimulating company and completely ridiculous: for the original feminist she is hilariously man-mad.