all fruits ripe
Jamaican Creole edit
Jamaican Creole phrasebook
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Etymology edit
Literally, "all fruits are ripe."
Pronunciation edit
Phrase edit
- (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.' […]
Further reading edit
- all fruits ripe – jamaicans.com Jamaican Patois dictionary