right

bang to rights (of a criminal) with positive proof of guilt. informal

☞ A North American variant of this expression is dead to rights.

1993G. F. NewmanLaw & Order He hadn't got the most vital piece of information he needed in order to capture the blaggers bang to rights.

a bit of all right: seebit.

do the right thing marry a woman you have made pregnant in order to avoid a scandal. informal euphemistic

have your heart in the right place: seeheart.

in your own right as a result of your own claims, qualifications, or efforts, rather than an association with someone else.

left, right, and centre: seeleft.

might is right: seemight.

Mr Right the ideal future husband. informal

put (or set) someone right

1 restore someone to health.

2 make someone understand the true facts of a situation.

right as rain: seerain.

right as a trivet: seetrivet.

right enough certainly; undeniably. informal

the right hand doesn't know what the left hand's doing: seehand.

right on used as an expression of strong support, approval, or encouragement. informal

a right one a silly or foolish person. British informal

2008Guardian Even expressions of irritation are likely to be abstracted, quasi-philosophical: 'He's a right one, he is.'

the right stuff character traits considered to be prerequisites of manliness, notably courage and resolution.

☞ The phrase was popularized as the title of a book (1979) by Tom Wolfe, in which the qualities were attributed to US test pilots, but it existed before then.

right you are used to acknowledge and assent to an instruction or suggestion. informal

see someone right make sure that a person is appropriately rewarded or looked after. British informal

serve someone right: seeserve.

she's (or she'll be) right that will be all right; don't worry. Australian informal

somewhere to the right of Genghis Khan holding right-wing views of the most extreme kind.

☞ Genghis Khan (1162–1227), the founder of the Mongol empire, is used here as a supreme example of a repressive and tyrannical ruler. The name of the early 5th-century warlord Attila the Hun is sometimes substituted for that of Ghengis Khan in this expression.

too right used to express enthusiastic agreement with a statement. informal