she'll be right

alternative she'll be all right · alternative she'll be alright

1. AustraliaNew ZealandcolloquialidiomaticOK, no problem, everything will be all right.

   In a whisper, I suggested to Ian that we reattach the winch cable to a tree in the clearing, but of course his reply was, “Naaahh, she’ll be right, mate.”

   2010, Robin Easton, Naked in Eden: My Adventure and Awakening in the Australian Rainforest, page 77

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   So there’s shuffling, like, and a bit o’ coughing and spitting, and someone else says: ‘She’ll be right, mate. She’s on her way if you’ll hang on a tick. You’re at the party.’

   1988, Janette Turner Hospital, Charades, page 77

   “Nah, she’ll be right. You go.” “You’ll have to start mixing with the others at some point, you know.” “It’s not just that, I got homework to do. Gotta catch up.”

   2001, Anthony Eaton, A New Kind of Dreaming, page 122

   Synonyms: no probs, no worries, she'll be apples