What it means
Means you’re completely fine again, back to normal health or working order. People say it after being ill, hungover, or when something’s been fixed, like a car that was coughing smoke yesterday. It’s a properly old British idiom, knocking about since the 19th century, and it’s often delivered with a bit of cheerful understatement.
Usage examples
"After that dodgy stomach bug, I had a cuppa and a kip. Next morning Mum asked how I was and I said, as right as rain."
"A cup of tea and a sit down and she was as right as rain again."
"Do not worry about the bump, the car will be as right as rain after a quick repair."
Where it comes from
An old alliterative phrase whose charm is mostly in the sound, right paired with rain. Rain was seen as something regular, steady and exactly as it should be, so as right as rain came to mean completely fine, in perfect order, especially back to full health after being unwell. A good night's sleep and you will be as right as rain by morning.
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