phrase If you are in the right, what you are doing is morally or legally correct: 有理;正确;合法 You're definitely in the right - there's no doubt about that. They felt they were in the right. I felt justified in saying what I said because I knew I was in the right. She's convinced she's in the right and nothing I say will dissuade her from that view. So who's in the right here? I think David is in the right on this one. See also