| 单词 | she'll be right |
| 释义 | > as lemmasshe'll be right a. Australian and New Zealand colloquial. she'll be right: ‘everything will be fine’. Frequently attributive, designating an attitude of blind optimism. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > [phrase] to rightsc1330 all (also everything) is gas and gaiters1839 (as) nice (also good, sweet, etc.) as pie1855 (as) right as rain1891 everything in the garden is lovely (also rosy)1898 she'll be right1947 1947 D. M. Davin For Rest of Lives xvi. 81 She'll be right as soon as we get back with the boys again. 1959 Times 27 June 7/7 He calls in the appropriate tradesman, who fixes the thing so that it works again, but not very well. He protests and is told: ‘She'll be right.’ 1959 G. Slatter Gun in my Hand 148 Poor country lads the Hun radio called them... The easy-going jokers who jacked things up with the she'll-be-right spirit. 1974 A. Buzo Coralie Lansdowne says No 65 ‘There's more in the car. I'll go and get it.’ ‘Do you want a wheelbarrow?’ ‘She'll be right.’ 1983 Australian 9 Aug. (Sydney ed.) 9 The ‘she'll be right’ attitude is about to get its worst-yet jolt. 2006 Sydney Morning Herald 7 Sept. 3/1 Australian air travellers take a ‘She'll be right’ attitude to safety, paying little or no attention to briefings by flight attendants. < as lemmas |
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