idiom · informal
right as rain
/ˌraɪt əz ˈreɪn/RIGHT·as·rain
speaking
completely healthy or fully recovered
Examples
“After a week of rest he was right as rain and back at school.”
“Don’t worry — the doctor said she’ll be right as rain within days.”
“I had the flu last week but now I’m right as rain.”
Band 8 sentence
“After the operation and a short course of physiotherapy, she was right as rain and even returned to jogging.”
Collocations
- be/feel right as rain
- look right as rain
Word family
right as rain idiom
Common mistakes
He right as rain.→He is right as rain.
He is very right as rain.→He is right as rain.
Say it for a higher band
5fine→6healthy→7+right as rain
Synonyms
in perfect health
Easily confused
all right
“Are you all right after the fall?”
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