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she'll be right en · X

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /ʃɪəl bi ɹʌɪt/

Meanings

  1. (Australia, New-Zealand, colloquial, idiomatic) OK, no problem, everything will be all right.
    • “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:
    • 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:
    • 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:

Forms

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

Relateds

right as rain

Synonyms

no probs (everything will be all right) · no worries (everything will be all right) · she'll be apples (everything will be all right)