all fruits ripe

Jamaican Creole
Jamaican Creole phrasebook
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Etymology

Literally, "all fruits are ripe."

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɑːl ˈfɹuːts ˈɹaɪp/
  • Hyphenation: all‧fruits‧ripe

Phrase

all fruits ripe

  1. (dated, idiomatic) Things are going well; everything's fine.
    • 2006, Lisa Alvarado, Ann Hagman Cardinal, Jane Alberdeston Coralin, Sister Chicas (in English), →ISBN:
      “ […] "Like my own father used to say, 'All fruits ripe if mi get what mi want.'" […] ”
      "Like my own father used to say, 'Everything will be A-OK if I get what I want.' […]

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