jake
everything's jake
slang Everything is all right or under control. Primarily heard in Australia, New Zealand. A: "How's the project coming along, boys?" B: "Everything's jake, boss." A: "The machine seems to be shaking an awful lot." B: "Nah, it's just the load becoming redistributed. Everything's jake."
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Is everything jake?
slang Is everything all right or under control? How's the project coming along, boys? Is everything jake? The machine seems to be shaking an awful lot when it's turned on. Is everything jake?
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jake
dated slang All right; adequate or satisfactory. I wasn't sure about you at first, kid, but you're jake in my book! I know you're nervous, but just keep a low profile and do what you're told, and everything will be jake.
she'll be jake
slang Everything will be all right or under control. Primarily heard in Australia, New Zealand. A: "Aren't you worried about getting caught by the cops?" B: "Nah, she'll be jake. I've done this a thousand times." I know you're nervous, but just keep a low profile and do what you're told. She'll be jake, I promise.
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she's jake
slang Everything is all right or under control. Primarily heard in Australia, New Zealand. A: "How's the project coming along, boys?" B: "She's jake, boss." A: "It seems to be shaking an awful lot." B: "Nah, it's just the load becoming redistributed. She's jake. "
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
jake
1. n. a toilet; a men’s restroom. The jake is just around the corner.
2. n. a stupid person, usually a male. Some loony jake told me we are going the wrong way.
3. mod. okay; satisfactory. If you get here by nine, it’ll be just jake.
4. n. illegal liquor. (Prohibition.) Why, there’s no jake around here. There’s a law against it, you know.
5. n. a police officer. (Possibly from sense 2) The jakes are coming. I can hear the sirens.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- everything's jake
- she's jake
- Is everything jake?
- not a bother on (someone)
- my head's a shed
- a bit of how's your father
- a spot of how's your father
- How's (it) with you?
- How's with you?
- How's life (treating you)?