right as rain

[carly_kai]

I was explaining to a friend that I thought I'd feel right as rain after a few solid nights of sleep. I also mentioned that I had no idea what that meant and in response he offered that rain never seemed right to him.

Rain is a bit of a spiritual experience for me when I can sit under a rock overhang or against a huge tree that shelters me. growing up i took a lot of comfort from the rain being close to me yet being safe and dry - something that carried me through rough times as an adult.

Comments

[laura-seabrook.livejournal.com]

Rain is sometimes left, as well. ;)

[msstacy13.livejournal.com]

hmm...
I guess the expression has something with rain itself never going wrong,
whether it's a drought or a flood,
the rain itself--when it falls--just falls...

[carly-kai.livejournal.com]

I grew up on the east coast of Vancouver Island, a place where rain was just a fact of life and not a major event involving panic, umbrellas and anxiety if a drop of rain landed on one's hair.

Rain? Just another rainy day...

[msstacy13.livejournal.com]

Mhm.

But that still leaves one wondering about the expression.

See, the phrase "Dead as a doornail"
arises from synonymity--
Doornails must be dead on, or the door hangs wrong.
Somehow, it moved from meaning
"As well-placed as a doornail"
to mean "Lifeless as a doornail"
which doesn't make a lot of sense...

but "perpendicular as rain"
or "crafted as rain"
doesn't make particular sense to begin with...

if the phrase came to us from Latin,
"non-sinister as rain" might make sense...

btw, radargrrl thought I should flist you,
and who am I to argue?
:)

[carly-kai.livejournal.com]

wet snow here - it started just when leaving Montreal with little accumulation until Friday when there was about 5 inches. Now rain on top of the snow, just like on the wet coast except no buses sliding downhill sideways.

[carly-kai.livejournal.com]

slush is not my friend when I'm doing the duck walk...

[radargrrl.livejournal.com]

It's not the 'duck walk', especially when there's not Duck Music. It's the Montreal Shuffle!