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You hear "right as rain" all the time in Zild. But I've heard it on British TV shows, and no doubt when I've been in Britain, and stressing the Australasian connection would seem to be over the top. Certainly I've read "right as a trivet" and "right as ninepence", but almost exclusively in older English books or in historical novels. [single raised eyebrow emoticon].
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