all gas and gaiters a satisfactory state of affairs. informal, dated
☞ This expression was first recorded in Charles Dickens' Nicholas Nickleby (1839): 'All is gas and gaiters'.
1961P. G. WodehouseIce in the Bedroom She cries 'Oh, Freddie darling!' and flings herself into his arms, and all is gas and gaiters again.
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