she'll be apples
- idiom
- Australian
:
todo estará bien
- Everything is sorted for the party, so don't stress; she'll be apples.
Examples
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She'll be apples, mate!
Fiction book (1994) -
No need to worry about the deadline; I assure you, she'll be apples by the end of the week.
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You might feel anxious about the move, but trust me, it'll all work out; she'll be apples.
Synonyms
2
6.6
A friendly reply that tells someone there is no problem
1
9.9
Everything will be fine
Words that comfort someone by saying things will get better
Everything is fine and working well
A friendly phrase to tell someone not to worry
Surface Forms
Morphology
she'll + be + apples
Although 'she'll' and 'be' are transparent, the use of 'apples' to mean 'everything will be fine' is an Australian informal idiom with no literal link to the fruit. The overall meaning is culture-specific and not derivable from the constituent words, so a B1 learner who knows the parts would not reliably infer the idiomatic sense.
Etymology
She'll be apples may come from a simple image: in old Australian slang apples meant something good or all right. So saying she'll be apples tells someone 'everything will be fine'.