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right as rain

right as rain adjective: very good; all in order; healthy.

Adjective

right as rain (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial, simile) Very good; all in order; healthy.
    • So I went to him [William Makepeace Thackeray] while he was at breakfast in Onslow Square, on the morning of the banquet, and asked him if the speech was "all right." "As right as rain," he replied.1894, George Augustus Sala, “The Real Thackeray”, in Things I Have Seen and People I Have Known […], volume I, London; Paris: Cassell and Company […], →OCLC, page 32
    • I've just made the rounds,’ he said, ‘and everything looks as right as rain.1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 63
  2. (informal, simile) Correct; factually accurate.
    • "To whom are you engaged? As I understand your talk, it is to Miss Bartlett. Am I right?" / "Right as rain, Renny."1894, Robert Barr, chapter 23, in In the Midst of Alarms
    • Look, you got nothin' to worry about. The review committee said you were right as rain on that shooting. I got no reason to doubt it.2001, George Pelecanos, Right as Rain, →ISBN, page 103

Examples of right as rain in a sentence

  • Malachy brought me aspirins and vitamins and told me I'd be as right as rain in the morning and I wondered what that meant, right as rain.1999, Frank McCourt, Tis: A Memoir, page 322:
  • Now, I know you’re sleepy, but I just bet it’ll make you feel right as rain.2022 February 18, Dan Erickson, “Good News About Hell”, in Severance, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Mark S. (Adam Scott):

Synonyms of right as rain

Questions about right as rain

What does right as rain mean?
Right as rain means very good; all in order; healthy.
How do you use right as rain in a sentence?
Malachy brought me aspirins and vitamins and told me I'd be as right as rain in the morning and I wondered what that meant, right as rain.
What part of speech is right as rain?
Right as rain is an adjective.

Words near right as rain in the dictionary

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  10. right atrium
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