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| in bad shape | A person who is in bad shape is in poor physical condition. |
| get yourself back into shape | To get
yourself back into shape, you need to take exercise in order to become fit and healthy again. |
| full of beans | A person who is full of beans is lively, active and healthy. |
| black out | If you black out, you lose consciousness. |
| feel blue | To feel blue means to have feelings of deep sadness or depression. |
| kick the bucket |
To kick the bucket
is a light-hearted way of talking about death. "He will inherit when his grandfather kicks the bucket." |
| clean bill of health | If a
person has a clean bill of health, they have a report or certificate
declaring that their health is satisfactory. |
| be off colour | If you are off colour, you are looking or feeling ill. |
| go off the deep end | A person
who goes off the deep end becomes suddenly very angry or emotional. |
| drop like flies | If people drop like flies, they fall ill or die in large numbers. "There's an epidemic of flu at the moment. Senior citizens are dropping like flies." |
| hit the dust | The expression hit the dust is a humorous way of referring to death. |
| back on one's feet | If you
are back on your feet, after an illness or an accident, you are physically healthy again. |
| have a frog in one's throat | A person
who has a frog in their throat is unable to speak clearly because their throat is sore, or because they want to cough. |
| hale and hearty |
Someone, especially an old person, who is hale and hearty
is in excellent health "My grandmother is still hale and hearty at the age of ninety." |
| have a hangover | To
have a hangover means to suffer from the unpleasant after-effects of drinking too much alcohol. |
| hard of hearing | If you are hard of hearing, you can't hear very well. "You'll have
to speak louder to Mr. Jones. He's a bit hard of hearing." |
| keep
body and soul together |
If someone is able to keep body and soul together, they manage to survive. "He was unemployed and homeless, but he somehow managed to keep body and soul together." |
| be on one's last legs | If you
are on your last legs, you are in a very weak condition or about to die. |
| like death warmed up | If you look
like death warmed up, you look very ill or
tired. "My boss told me to go home. He said I looked like death warmed up." |
| living on borrowed time | This expression refers to a period of time after an
illness or accident which could have caused death. " After heart surgery, some patients say they're living on borrowed time." |
| look the picture of health | To
look the picture of health means to look completely or extremely healthy. |
| go nuts | To say
that a person has gone nuts means that they have become completely foolish, eccentric or mad. |
| go under the knife | If a person goes under the knife, they have surgery. |
| off colour |
If you are off colour, you look or feel ill. "What's the matter with you Tom? You look a bit off colour today." |
| have pins and needles | To have
pins and needles is to have a tingling sensation in a part of the body, for example an arm or a leg, when it has been in the same position for a long time. |
| in the pink of health | If you are in the pink of health, you are in excellent physical
condition or extremely healthy. "Caroline looked in the pink of health after her holiday." |
| pull through | If you pull through, you recover from a serious illness. |
| pushing up the daisies | If you say of someone that they are pushing up the
daisies, you mean that they are dead. "Old Johnny Barnes? He's been pushing up the daisies for over 10 years!" |
| right as rain |
If someone is (as) right as rain, they are in excellent health or
condition. "I called to see my grandmother, thinking she was ill, but she was (as) right as rain!" |
| run down | A person who is run down is in poor physical condition. |
| take a turn for the worse | If a
person who is ill takes a turn for the worse, their illness becomes more serious. |
| touch-and-go |
If something is touch-and-go, the outcome or result is uncertain. "Dave's life is out of danger now, but it was touch-and-go after the operation." |
| under the weather | If you are under the weather, you are not feeling very well. |
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