English Idioms and Expressions 

Idioms: Health and Fitness-2
from:  'drop like flies'  to: 'out of sorts'

• drop like flies
  • If people drop like flies, they fall ill or die in large  numbers.
    "There's a 'flu epidemic right now.  Senior citizens are dropping like flies."
    
    
• hit the dust
  • The expression hit the dust is a humorous way of referring to death.
    "You can have my computer when I hit the dust!"
    
    
• (as) fit as a fiddle
  • A person who is as fit as a fiddle is in an excellent state of health or physical condition.
    "My grandfather is nearly ninety but he's as fit as a fiddle."
    
    
• frog in one's throat
  • A person who has a frog in their throat has difficulty in speaking clearly because they have a cough or a sore throat.
    "Teaching was difficult today. I had a frog in my throatall morning."
    
    
• hair of the dog that bit you
  • Using as a remedy a small amount of what made you ill, for example a drop of alcohol when recovering from drinking too much, is called 'a hair of the dog that bit you'.
    "Here, have a drop of this. It's a hair of the dog that bit you!"
    
    
• hale and hearty
  • Someone, especially an old person, who is hale and hearty is in excellent health.
    "My grandmother is still hale and hearty in spite of her age."
    
    
• have a hangover
  • To have a hangover means to suffer from the unpleasant after-effects of drinking too much alcohol.
    "Many young people have a hangover after a party or celebration."
    
    
• hard of hearing
  • If someone is hard of hearing, they 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 somehow he managed to keep body and soul together."
    
    
• land of the living
  • This is a humorous way of saying that someone is still alive.
    "Hi there! Glad to see you're still in the land of the living!"
    
    
• on one's last legs
  • If you are on your last legs, you are in a very weak condition or about to die.
    "I was so sick that I felt as though I was on my last legs!"
    
    
• 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, many patients feel that they're living on borrowed time."
    
    
• look the picture of health
  • To look the picture of health means to look extremely healthy.
    "Nice to see you again Mr. Brown. I must say you look the picture of health."
    
    
• meet your maker
  • This expression is used to say (often humorously) that someone has died.
    "Poor old Mr. Potter has gone to meet his maker."
    
    
• new lease of life
  • A person who has a new lease of life has a chance to live longer or with greater enjoyment or satisfaction.
    "Moving closer to his children has given him a new lease of life."
    
    
• 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."
    
    
• on one's last legs
  • If you are on your last legs, you are in a very weak condition or about to die.
    "I was so sick that I felt as though I was on my last legs!"
    
    
• on the mend
  • If someone or something is on the mend, they are improving after an illness or a difficult period.
    "My mother caught the 'flu but she's on the mend now."
    
    
• out of sorts
  • If someone is out of sorts, they are upset and irritable or not feeling well.
    "The baby is out of sorts today. Perhaps he's cutting a tooth."