box of birds

A form of box of fluffy ducks — Used to express that everything is good.

Meanings

noun
  1. New ZealandalternativedatedAlternative form of box of fluffy ducks.

    "And how are things with you today?” Sue asked as she rearranged Moira's cape. “A box of birds thanks,”

    2014, Sandra Knight, Fringe Benefits, →ISBN, page 45
    1 more example

    They were “all a box of birds etc” – and there was news of how the All Blacks were doing in the Tri Nations.

    2012, C.K. Stead, Risk, →ISBN
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