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be ridgy-didge
informal Primarily heard in Australia, New Zealand.
1. To be good or all right. It will take time to recover from something like this, yes, but one day, everything will be ridgy-didge again. When I suddenly lost my job, it was hard to imagine things would ever be ridgy-didge again. I just checked the exhaust fan and everything is ridgy-didge there, so I'm not sure what made that awful sound.
2. To be honest or upright. Is this fella ridgy-didge? I don't want to go into business with any shady characters. Adam's ridgy-didge, I promise you. I wouldn't set your daughter up with anyone who's not. Don't worry about Jason, he's ridgy-didge. I know he'll charge you a reasonable amount for the repair.
3. To be true or genuine. I don't know that I can trust that guy—half of what he says isn't ridgy-didge. I have information that proves that explanation to be ridgy-didge, so you should believe it. Is this proposal of hers ridgy-didge? I hope not, because it's positively ridiculous!
ridgy-didge
informal Primarily heard in Australia, New Zealand.
1. Good or all right. It will take time to recover from something like this, yes, but everything will be ridgy-didge again some day.
2. Honest or upright. Does this fella seem ridgy-didge to you? I don't want to go into business with any shady characters. Adam's ridgy-didge, I promise you. I wouldn't set your daughter up with anyone who's not.
3. True or genuine. I don't know that I can trust that guy. His story doesn't exactly sound ridgy-didge. I can prove that her explanation is ridgy-didge, so you should believe it.
4. interjection Used to ask or confirm that something is true or genuine. A: "Really? Ridgy-didge?" B: "I swear to you. I'm telling the truth." A: "Oh, come on, there's no way that happened." B: Ridgy-didge!"
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