Right as rain is a latecomer to this illustrious collection of curious similes. In good order or good health, satisfactory, as in He was very ill, but he's right as rain now, or If she'd only worked on it another week everything would have been as right as rain. characterized by cleverness or originality of invention or construction. About the same time, or a little later, people were saying that things were as right as ninepence, as right as a book, as right as nails, or as right as the bank. The allusion in this simile is unclear, but it originated in Britain, where rainy weather is a normal fact of life, and indeed W.L. We Asked, You Answered. An early example, quoted as a proverb as long ago as 1546, is right as a line. Right as my leg is also from the seventeenth century is in Sir Thomas Urquhart's translation of Gargantua and Pantagruel, by Rabelais, published in 1664: "Some were young, quaint, clever, neat, pretty, juicy, tight, brisk, buxom, proper, kind-hearted, and as right as my leg, to any man's thinking".
Perhaps surprisingly, there have been expressions starting right as ... since medieval times, always in the sense of something being satisfactory, safe, secure or comfortable. In good order or good health, satisfactory, as in He was very ill, but he's right as rain now, or If she'd only worked on it another week everything would have been as right as rain. Get lots of fresh air and rest and you’ll soon be feeling as right as rain again. It was first recorded in 1894. As right as ninepence has had a good run, too, but that has vanished even in Britain since we decimalised the coinage and since ninepence stopped being worth very much.
Technical issues mean that we cannot currently remove or amend this answer without deleting the entire contents of this page, and so instead we are posting this note underneath to credit Mr Quinion with the authorship of the answer above, and to provide a link to the original version at http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-rig1.htm.
We know you’ll tackle this quiz totis viribus! Phelps wrote, "The expression 'right as rain' must have been invented by an Englishman." Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary, in fear and trembling of (someone or something), the webmaster's page for free fun content, right anterior lateral hepatic segment VI, Right Anterior Oblique and Left Anterior Oblique, right atrial branch of right coronary artery. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. The allusion in this simile is unclear, but it originated in Britain, where rainy weather is a normal fact of life, and indeed W.L. The project would be right as rain if we could just get the servers to stay online. There's an even older example, from the Romance of the Rose of 1400: "right as an adamant", where an adamant was a lodestone or magnet.
Describe 2020 In Just One Word? In good health or order; feeling or working just as someone or something should. 10 Types Of Nouns Used In The English Language. “Panic Attack” vs. “Anxiety Attack”: Which One Have You Had? See also: rain, right The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Why Do “Left” And “Right” Mean Liberal And Conservative? Michael Quinion, editor of the World Wide Words website, has been in touch with the Guardian to point out that the answer above, attributed to Tristan Childs, Maida Vale, England, is actually a piece that he wrote in 2000 for his site. In good order or good health, satisfactory, as in, In good shape, correct. It could just as well be 'right as clouds' or any number of other things, but 'rain' it is, doubtless because of the allure of alliteration.
I have a broken foot, but once I get my cast off, the doctor says I'll be as right as rain. Julian McCarthy, Kingston-upon-Thames, UK, Rory Foster, Office of the readers' editor, the Guardian, Brewer's Phrase and Fable again, I'm afraid, but the phrase was "As NICE as Ninepence" which in turn came from "as nice as Nine pins". Since then it has almost completely taken over from the others. There's right as a trivet from the nineteenth century, a trivet being a stand for a pot or kettle placed over an open fire; this may be found in Charles Dickens's Pickwick Papers of 1837: "I hope you are well, sir."
He was very ill, but he's right as rain now, If she'd only worked on it another week everything would have been as right as rain.
Right as rain is a latecomer to this illustrious collection of curious similes. Phelps wrote, “The expression 'right as rain' must have been invented by an Englishman.” It was first recorded in 1894.
Perhaps surprisingly, there have been expressions starting right as ... since medieval times, always in the sense of something being satisfactory, safe, secure or comfortable. In good order or good health, satisfactory, as in He was very ill, but he's right as rain now, or If she'd only worked on it another week everything would have been as right as rain. Get lots of fresh air and rest and you’ll soon be feeling as right as rain again. It was first recorded in 1894. As right as ninepence has had a good run, too, but that has vanished even in Britain since we decimalised the coinage and since ninepence stopped being worth very much.
Technical issues mean that we cannot currently remove or amend this answer without deleting the entire contents of this page, and so instead we are posting this note underneath to credit Mr Quinion with the authorship of the answer above, and to provide a link to the original version at http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-rig1.htm.
We know you’ll tackle this quiz totis viribus! Phelps wrote, "The expression 'right as rain' must have been invented by an Englishman." Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary, in fear and trembling of (someone or something), the webmaster's page for free fun content, right anterior lateral hepatic segment VI, Right Anterior Oblique and Left Anterior Oblique, right atrial branch of right coronary artery. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. The allusion in this simile is unclear, but it originated in Britain, where rainy weather is a normal fact of life, and indeed W.L. The project would be right as rain if we could just get the servers to stay online. There's an even older example, from the Romance of the Rose of 1400: "right as an adamant", where an adamant was a lodestone or magnet.
Describe 2020 In Just One Word? In good health or order; feeling or working just as someone or something should. 10 Types Of Nouns Used In The English Language. “Panic Attack” vs. “Anxiety Attack”: Which One Have You Had? See also: rain, right The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Why Do “Left” And “Right” Mean Liberal And Conservative? Michael Quinion, editor of the World Wide Words website, has been in touch with the Guardian to point out that the answer above, attributed to Tristan Childs, Maida Vale, England, is actually a piece that he wrote in 2000 for his site. In good order or good health, satisfactory, as in, In good shape, correct. It could just as well be 'right as clouds' or any number of other things, but 'rain' it is, doubtless because of the allure of alliteration.
I have a broken foot, but once I get my cast off, the doctor says I'll be as right as rain. Julian McCarthy, Kingston-upon-Thames, UK, Rory Foster, Office of the readers' editor, the Guardian, Brewer's Phrase and Fable again, I'm afraid, but the phrase was "As NICE as Ninepence" which in turn came from "as nice as Nine pins". Since then it has almost completely taken over from the others. There's right as a trivet from the nineteenth century, a trivet being a stand for a pot or kettle placed over an open fire; this may be found in Charles Dickens's Pickwick Papers of 1837: "I hope you are well, sir."
He was very ill, but he's right as rain now, If she'd only worked on it another week everything would have been as right as rain.
Right as rain is a latecomer to this illustrious collection of curious similes. Phelps wrote, “The expression 'right as rain' must have been invented by an Englishman.” It was first recorded in 1894.
Perhaps surprisingly, there have been expressions starting right as ... since medieval times, always in the sense of something being satisfactory, safe, secure or comfortable. In good order or good health, satisfactory, as in He was very ill, but he's right as rain now, or If she'd only worked on it another week everything would have been as right as rain. Get lots of fresh air and rest and you’ll soon be feeling as right as rain again. It was first recorded in 1894. As right as ninepence has had a good run, too, but that has vanished even in Britain since we decimalised the coinage and since ninepence stopped being worth very much.
Technical issues mean that we cannot currently remove or amend this answer without deleting the entire contents of this page, and so instead we are posting this note underneath to credit Mr Quinion with the authorship of the answer above, and to provide a link to the original version at http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-rig1.htm.
We know you’ll tackle this quiz totis viribus! Phelps wrote, "The expression 'right as rain' must have been invented by an Englishman." Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary, in fear and trembling of (someone or something), the webmaster's page for free fun content, right anterior lateral hepatic segment VI, Right Anterior Oblique and Left Anterior Oblique, right atrial branch of right coronary artery. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. The allusion in this simile is unclear, but it originated in Britain, where rainy weather is a normal fact of life, and indeed W.L. The project would be right as rain if we could just get the servers to stay online. There's an even older example, from the Romance of the Rose of 1400: "right as an adamant", where an adamant was a lodestone or magnet.
Describe 2020 In Just One Word? In good health or order; feeling or working just as someone or something should. 10 Types Of Nouns Used In The English Language. “Panic Attack” vs. “Anxiety Attack”: Which One Have You Had? See also: rain, right The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Why Do “Left” And “Right” Mean Liberal And Conservative? Michael Quinion, editor of the World Wide Words website, has been in touch with the Guardian to point out that the answer above, attributed to Tristan Childs, Maida Vale, England, is actually a piece that he wrote in 2000 for his site. In good order or good health, satisfactory, as in, In good shape, correct. It could just as well be 'right as clouds' or any number of other things, but 'rain' it is, doubtless because of the allure of alliteration.
I have a broken foot, but once I get my cast off, the doctor says I'll be as right as rain. Julian McCarthy, Kingston-upon-Thames, UK, Rory Foster, Office of the readers' editor, the Guardian, Brewer's Phrase and Fable again, I'm afraid, but the phrase was "As NICE as Ninepence" which in turn came from "as nice as Nine pins". Since then it has almost completely taken over from the others. There's right as a trivet from the nineteenth century, a trivet being a stand for a pot or kettle placed over an open fire; this may be found in Charles Dickens's Pickwick Papers of 1837: "I hope you are well, sir."
He was very ill, but he's right as rain now, If she'd only worked on it another week everything would have been as right as rain.
Right as rain is a latecomer to this illustrious collection of curious similes. Phelps wrote, “The expression 'right as rain' must have been invented by an Englishman.” It was first recorded in 1894.
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