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Also, what's the use of . What purpose or advantage is there in, as in What's the good of crying when you can't do anything about it? or What's the use of getting a doctorate in philosophy when you won't be able to get a job afterward? This idiom was first recorded in 1701.

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He added: "What's the good of me causing my wife serious harm? I've got no-one - no brothers, no sisters, no aunts, no uncles. Without my wife, I'm finished."

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“But I can’t. I’ve got to work — work all the time. … What’s the good of books and poems? I don’t get any time to read. If I should stop for awhile everything would go to smash; things would boil over and burn.”

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For a major nonprofit cultural institution, what’s the good of that?

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So I think people get a misguided idea of what’s the good of a poll if it’s not perfect, if it’s not proven to be perfect.

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“What’s the good of wondering and pondering and wasting time thinking about it,” said Tannehill, who has a 5-5 record and missed five starts with an injured right throwing shoulder.

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