Hmm I read this phrase a year ago, in English, a foreign language. I was not raised with English, it was just a compulsory language taught from elementary school. I didn't fully understand cultural references in the book, I didn't get some of the points and such, so that phrase was alien, like, I can never fully comprehend what it means no matter how hard I'm trying to analyze.
Didn't kill my connection with the book, though. And I cannot replace it with anything else, same as I cannot replace 'all was well.'