Mister Right
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- noun
- Informal
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- After years of dating, he realized that she was his Mister Right, the one he had always wanted.
Examples
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She finally met her Mister Right at a friend's party, and they instantly clicked.
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A woman meets a man she thinks is 'Mister Right' she has desperately been searching for, or a folk meets his or her ideal woman and it's love at first sight.
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♪ Now my life is like a beautiful song ♪ My Mister Right ♪ ...are only for the stars ♪ Not in the stars ♪ For me
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♪ When Mister Right comes along ♪ Every melody that sounded so wrong ♪ Will be blended in a beautiful song ♪ When Mister Right...
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Finding your Mister Right often feels like searching for a needle in a haystack.
Synonyms
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A man who seems perfect as a partner in love, like in fairy tales
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'ideal/perfect romantic partner' is directly derivable by combining 'Mister' (a man/title) with 'right' (correct/suitable) to yield 'the right man.' This compositional pattern (Mr/Mister + right = the suitable man) is common in English and across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should readily infer the idiomatic meaning.
Etymology
Mister Right is a name that joins Mr., meaning a man, and Right, meaning the correct one. One popular story says it comes from the idea of finding the 'right' person for you, so it means 'the perfect romantic partner'.