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."
- If people drop like flies, they fall ill or die in large numbers.
- 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!"
- The expression hit the dust is a humorous way of referring to death.
- (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."
- A person who is as fit as a fiddle is in an excellent state of health or physical condition.
- 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."
- A person who has a frog in their throat has difficulty
in speaking clearly because they have a cough or a sore throat.
- 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!"
- 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'.
- 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."
- Someone, especially an old person, who is hale and hearty is in excellent health.
- 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."
- To have a hangover means to suffer from the unpleasant after-effects of drinking too much alcohol.
- 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"
- If someone is hard of hearing, they can't hear very well.
- 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."
- If someone is able to keep body and soul together, they manage to survive.
- 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!"
- This is a humorous way of saying that someone is still alive.
- 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!"
- If you are on your last legs, you are in a very weak condition or about to die.
- 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."
- This expression refers to a period of time after an illness or accident which could have caused death.
- 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."
- To look the picture of health means to look extremely healthy.
- 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."
- This expression is used to say (often humorously) that someone has died.
- 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."
- A person who has a new lease of life has a chance
to live longer or with greater enjoyment or satisfaction.
- 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."
- If you are off colour, you look or feel ill.
- 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!"
- If you are on your last legs,
you are in a very weak condition or about to die.
- 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."
- If someone or something is on the mend, they are improving
after an illness or a difficult period.
- 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."
- If someone is out of sorts, they are upset and irritable or not feeling well.
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