she'll be right
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ʃɪəl bi rʌɪt/
Phrase [edit]
- (idiomatic, Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) OK, no problem, everything will be all right.
- 1988, Janette Turner Hospital, Charades, page 77,
- 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.’
- 2001, Anthony Eaton, A New Kind of Dreaming, page 122,
- “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.”
- 2010, Robin Easton, Naked in Eden: My Adventure and Awakening in the Australian Rainforest, page 77,
- 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.”
- 1988, Janette Turner Hospital, Charades, page 77,
Synonyms [edit]
- (everything will be all right): no probs, no worries (Australian), she'll be apples (Australian)
