Meanings
- colloquialnot comparablesimileVery good; all in order; healthy.
I've just made the rounds,’ he said, ‘and everything looks as right as rain.
1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 633 more examples
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 32Malachy 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 322Five questions. 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) - informalnot comparablesimileCorrect; 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 Alarms1 more example
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
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 非常好, 非常健康
- 非常好 (fēicháng hǎo)very good; healthy
- 非常健康 (fēicháng jiànkāng)very good; healthy
- 十分準確 /十分准确 (shífēn zhǔnquè)correct; factually accurate
Dutch klopt als een bus
- klopt als een buscorrect; factually accurate
Finnish terve kuin pukki, tosi kuin vesi
- terve kuin pukkivery good; healthy
- tosi kuin vesicorrect; factually accurate
Polish zdrów jak ryba, poprawny
- zdrów jak rybavery good; healthy
- poprawnycorrect; factually accurate
- właściwycorrect; factually accurate
Russian здоро́вый, ве́рный
- здоро́вый (zdoróvyj)very good; healthy
- ве́рный (vérnyj)correct; factually accurate
Spanish como nuevo, más razón que un santo
- como nuevovery good; healthy
- más razón que un santocorrect; factually accurate
Ukrainian здоро́вий
- здоро́вий (zdoróvyj)very good; healthy
Cite this entry
right as rain. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/right%20as%20rain
“right as rain.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/right%20as%20rain. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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