be in the right

To be correct or accurate. The zoning board ruled that we were in the right—that area is really part of our property. Oh, she's just mad because she knows I'm in the right.

in the right, be

Have the support of fact, justice, or reason. For example, Nancy's parents were in the right when they took her teacher to task, or, as Shakespeare put it in Richard III (5:3): "He was in the right, and so indeed it is." [Late 1400s] Also see the antonym in the wrong.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

See also:

in the right, be
in the right
hit the spot
hit the spot, to
on the button
on the nose
more precisely
precise
be (right) on the money
near the mark

词组	be in the right
释义	be in the right be in the right To be correct or accurate. The zoning board ruled that we were in the right—that area is really part of our property. Oh, she's just mad because she knows I'm in the right. See also: right Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. in the right, be Have the support of fact, justice, or reason. For example, Nancy's parents were in the right when they took her teacher to task, or, as Shakespeare put it in Richard III (5:3): "He was in the right, and so indeed it is." [Late 1400s] Also see the antonym in the wrong. The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. See also: in the right, be in the right hit the spot hit the spot, to on the button on the nose more precisely precise be (right) on the money near the mark
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