I'm all right, Jack

I'm all right, Jack

The notion of self-centered complacency, i.e., of being satisfied or happy with one's circumstances, and thus unconcerned with anyone else's. Often used as a modifier before a noun, though typically not hyphenated. Primarily heard in UK. What's most interesting is that people who get supplementary income from the government are more likely to have an "I'm all right, Jack" attitude about welfare, tending to oppose broadening the scope to include others who earn less money each week, or none at all.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

I'm all right, Jack

People say I'm all right, Jack to mean that their own situation is good and they do not care about anyone else. It's easy to think only of yourselves, say `I'm all right Jack' and sign the contract. Note: I'm all right, Jack is used before nouns to describe this kind of attitude. That's a bit of an I'm all right Jack attitude isn't it?
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Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

I'm all right, Jack

used to express or comment upon selfish complacency. informal
I'm all right, Jack was an early 20th-century catchphrase which became the title of a 1959 British film.
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Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

I’m all ˈright, Jack

(British English, informal) used by or about somebody who is happy with their own life and does not care about other people’s problems: He has a typical ‘I’m all right, Jack’ attitude — as long as he’s doing well he doesn’t care about anyone else.
See also: all, jack
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • present company excepted
  • present company excluded
  • sink to new depths
  • sink to such depths
  • stoop so low
  • sink so low
  • there's no I in team
References in periodicals archive
I'M ALL RIGHT, JACK. Splendid British satire of labour relations, including Peter Sellers as trade-union leader Fred Kite: "Ah, Russia.
Through the decades: 1959
Westminster is happy to go it alone with its "I'm all right, Jack" attitude.
Texts
Unfortunately, we live in an 'I'm all right, Jack' world, and there will have been people at Arsenal thinking: "The money we are making from this is worth more than making a stand on behalf of our player."
Why isn't football standing four-square behind Henrikh Mkhitaryan? Because money rules the game, that's why
The "I'm all right, Jack" attitude of pulling the ladder up behind you is one of the main reasons why our elected representatives are so hated these days.
'I'm all right' politicians want to deny schools; Get in touch - tell us what you think Email: letters@liverpoolecho.co.uk Phone: 0151 227 2000 Twitter: @LIVECHONEWS Facebook: facebook.com/theliverpoolecho Post: Liverpool ECHO, PO Box 48, Old Hall Street, Liverpool L69 3EB
Another case of them and us (I'm all right, Jack) Stuart Gee This is an utter disgrace.
TWEETS & POSTS
The second picture however owes more to the 1959 British comedy I'm All Right, Jack, starring Peter Sellers as bolshie shop steward Fred Kite.
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I'm All Right, Jack (BBC 2 Northern Ireland, 7.25am - 9.10am) Comedy, starring Peter Sellers.
YOUR FILM GUIDE
But most of us need the collective strength of each other - to be our brother's and sister's keeper - and should reject the government's "I'm all right, Jack" attitude.
DAVE ANDERSON COLUMNIST
I'M ALL RIGHT, JACK Late-flowering clematis, such as Jackmanii, can be trained into shrubs, trees and climbing roses, as they don't burden the host in spring.
The height of style; These climbers are hard to beat for colour and variety With a clematis for every garden and all seasons, you can take your pick..
Do I smell a bit of I'm all right, Jack, from some parts of this council, as it is our taxpayers' money you are spending on yourselves.
Bus fares too pricey as it is; Yousay IN YOUR OPINION..
Just keep repeating to yourself the phrases 'British racing is the best in the world' and 'I'm all right, Jack'.
Sorry, but there is so much for you to do at the BHA
Never any suggestion that there would be a cut in union subscriptions, salaries or expenses which is just another example of "I'm all right, Jack".
VENT YOUR SPLEEN
He particularly enjoyed the teamings of Peter Sellers with his inevitable foil, the Welshman Kenneth Griffith, in such gems as John and Roy Boulting's I'm All Right, Jack (1959) and Heavens Above!
It's curiously appropriate Tony died within hours of Paul Newman, a man also noted for his enduring qualities of goodness and modesty; Tony Whitehead, film programmer at Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff, has died at the age of 46 following a battle with cancer. Here Dave Berry, a film historian and critic and author of Wales and Cinema: The First Hundred Years, pays tribute to him
With their over-inflated salaries, their unreal expenses, and their parliamentary pensions - compliments mostly of the British taxpayer - it's a case of "I'm all right, Jack".
Applies to OAPs too..
I'M ALL RIGHT, JACK: Solihull Borough's Jack Byrne huffs and puffs against a rampant Rothwell Town; IT'S BEHIND YOU: Solihull's Gareth Alborough battles for the ball; NO WAY THROUGH: Defenders close in on Borough's Delton Francis
Football: MARSHALL PUTS ON A SHOW OF FOUR-CE... NON-LEAGUE ACTION Swifts powerless against Royals SOUTHERN LEAGUE DIV. ONE MIDLANDS