right as rain

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right as rain

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  1. colloquial, not comparable 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.
  2. informal, not comparable 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."

Similar: right as a trivet, right as ninepence, righter than rain

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adj very good; healthy

Españolcomo nuevo
中文非常好 fēicháng hǎo, 非常健康 fēicháng jiànkāng
Русскийздоро́вый zdoróvyj

adj correct; factually accurate

Españolmás razón que un santo
中文十分準確 /十分准确 shífēn zhǔnquè
Русскийве́рный vérnyj

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@misc{right_as_rain_2026,
  title = {right as rain},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/right%20as%20rain},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}