fine and dandy like sour candy
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Chosen for the rhyme.
Adjective
[edit]fine and dandy like sour candy (not comparable)
- (Canada, US, informal, simile) Synonym of fine and dandy
- 1996, The Simpsons (animated TV series), "Two Bad Neighbors" (season 7 episode 13)
- GEORGE BUSH: Well, howdily doodily yourself, there, Ned. This is my wife Barbara. I call her Bar. Would you like some lemonade?
NED: Tip top notch!
GEORGE BUSH: Okily dokily!
NED: Thankily dankily!
GEORGE BUSH: Scrump-diddley-eriffic!
BOTH: Fine and dandy like sour candy!
- GEORGE BUSH: Well, howdily doodily yourself, there, Ned. This is my wife Barbara. I call her Bar. Would you like some lemonade?
- 2014, Jeremy Tyrrell, Adaptation (part 3, page 114)
- We had a nice chat, yes we did, and I think they're fine and dandy like sour candy,” she said, giving them a knowing smile, “Did you find out much from your computa-ma-web?”
- 2016, Hannah Hart, Buffering: Unshared Tales of a Life Fully Loaded:
- Then, with my consent, they politely show me their scars/scabs and we do the hug and the photo and everything is fine and dandy like sour candy.
- 1996, The Simpsons (animated TV series), "Two Bad Neighbors" (season 7 episode 13)