"right as rain" meaning in English

See right as rain in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: en-au-right as rain.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} right as rain (not comparable)
  1. (simile, colloquial) Very good; all in order; healthy. Tags: colloquial, not-comparable Translations (very good; healthy): 非常好 (fēicháng hǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 非常健康 (fēicháng jiànkāng) (Chinese Mandarin), terve kuin pukki (Finnish), zdrów jak ryba (Polish), здоро́вый (zdoróvyj) (Russian), como nuevo (Spanish), здоро́вий (zdoróvyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-right_as_rain-en-adj-s4n1JUa6 Categories (other): English similes, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of 'very good; healthy': 95 5
  2. (simile, informal) Correct; factually accurate. Tags: informal, not-comparable Translations (correct; factually accurate): 十分準確 /十分准确 (shífēn zhǔnquè) (Chinese Mandarin), klopt als een bus (Dutch), tosi kuin vesi (Finnish), poprawny (Polish), właściwy (Polish), ве́рный (vérnyj) (Russian), más razón que un santo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-right_as_rain-en-adj-VqCmqcb0 Categories (other): English similes Disambiguation of 'correct; factually accurate': 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: right as a trivet, right as ninepence, righter than rain

Alternative forms

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