idiom
right as rain
RYT az RAYN
raɪt æz reɪnListen
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Syllable breakdown
rightasrain
Dictionary meaning
in perfectly good health or working order; completely recovered from illness or injury and feeling entirely normal again; a simile that uses the abundance and naturalness of rain to convey completeness and rightness; the alliteration of right and rain has made this one of the most durable health idioms in British English, in use since at least the late nineteenth century
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