she'll be right(, mate)

she'll be right(, mate)

Everything will be OK; things will get better; don't worry about it. Primarily heard in Australia. Dave: "I'm just really worried that something's going to go wrong at the conference." Jim: "I know she'll be right, with how hard you've worked!" Sarah: "Things have felt really rocky between me and John lately." Janet: "She'll be right, mate. I'm sure it's just the stress of his final exams that's making things hard at the moment."

ˈshe’ll be right

(AustralE, informal) used to say that everything will be all right, even if there is a problem now: Don’t worry, she’ll be right, mate.a ‘she’ll be right’ attitudeSee also: right