she's apples
English
Etymology
From rhyming slang - apples and spice = nice. [1]
Pronunciation
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Phrase
she's apples
- (Australia, colloquial) Everything is all right, or in good working order.
- 1989, Bill Pearson Six Stories, page 28,
- The other saw Mama-san; ‘She’s apples, Frank! We don't have to go any further. Here's Mama-sa’ waiting to turn it on for us! Konichiwa, Mama-san,’ he said enticingly.
- 1997, Lee Chittick, Terry Fox, Travelling with Percy: A South Coast Journey, page 94,
- I'm no good now, I'm burnt out. I was real good but only got one good and one bad one. My leg, look! That's it! But the other leg, she's apples. And that's how it is.
- 2003, Colleen McCullough, The Touch, 2004, Large Print Press, page 541,
- Sam checked what Theodora had assembled, nodded and unearthed a blowtorch from his tool bag. “Thanks, Miss Jay, she's apples,” he said, beginning to fill the blowtorch's reservoir with spirits.
- 1989, Bill Pearson Six Stories, page 28,
Related terms
- she'll be apples
See also
- no worries
- she'll be sweet
- she's jake
References
- 2004 September 25, Radio National, Lingua Franca