"right as rain" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: en-au-right as rain.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-adjective|-}} 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 (english: healthy) (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 Disambiguation of 'very good; healthy': 97 3
  2. (simile, colloquial) Correct; factually accurate. Tags: colloquial, not-comparable Synonyms: right as a trivet, right as ninepence, righter than rain Translations (correct; factually accurate): 十分準確 (Chinese Mandarin), 十分准确 (shífēn zhǔnquè) (Chinese Mandarin), klopt als een bus (Dutch), tosi kuin vesi (Finnish), ве́рный (vérnyj) (Russian), más razón que un santo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-right_as_rain-en-adj-VqCmqcb0 Categories (other): English similes, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of 'correct; factually accurate': 2 98

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