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to be well and healthy inizia ad imparare		alive and kicking My aunt is ninety years old and she is very much alive and kicking.
to be well and healthy inizia ad imparare		alive and well The worker was alive and well after the accident.
to be healthy and physically fit inizia ad imparare		as fit as a fiddle My grandfather is ninety years old but he is as fit as a fiddle.
extremely pale inizia ad imparare		as pale as a ghost My grandfather was as pale as a ghost when he entered the hospital.
extremely pale inizia ad imparare		as pale as death The woman in the hospital waiting room was as pale as death.
physically healthy again inizia ad imparare		back on one's feet My mother is back on her feet after being sick for two weeks.
an unpleasant fact that one must accept inizia ad imparare		bitter pill to swallow Losing the election was a bitter pill to swallow for the candidate.
and and bruised, showing signs of having been physically harmed inizia ad imparare		black My arm was black blue
to lose consciousness, to faint, to pass out inizia ad imparare		black out The football player blacked out after being hit by the other player.
to lose control of one's emotions, to have a nervous collapse inizia ad imparare		break down The woman broke down while the lawyer questioned her at the trial.
to perspire from fever or anxiety inizia ad imparare		break out in a cold sweat I usually break out in a cold sweat when I have to make a speech.
to restore someone to health or consciousness, to cure someone inizia ad imparare		bring somebody around The medical workers were able to bring the man around after the accident.
to become very tired and almost sick from doing something for a long time or from working too hard inizia ad imparare		burn (oneself) out After working long hours for many months the woman finally burned herself out.
to get a cold inizia ad imparare		catch a cold I caught a cold last week and had to miss four days of work.
up I plan to have my annual check inizia ad imparare		check up next week. an examination of a patient by a doctor
a report or certificate that a person or animal is healthy inizia ad imparare		clean bill of health My doctor gave me a clean bill of health when I visited him last month.
to become sick with something, to catch an illness inizia ad imparare		come down with (something) My niece came down with a cold and was unable to visit me last week.
a psychoanalyst or psychiatrist who puts his patients on a couch to talk to them inizia ad imparare		couch doctor The man was sent to see a couch doctor because of his many problems.
the same treatment that one gives to others (usually this has a negative meaning) inizia ad imparare		a dose of one's own medicine We gave the boy a dose of his own medicine after he bullied us.
to make someone bleed, to get blood from someone inizia ad imparare		draw blood The doctor decided to draw blood from the patient in order to check his blood sugar level.
to die suddenly inizia ad imparare		drop dead The bus driver dropped dead while driving the bus.
to become sick or ill inizia ad imparare		fall ill The man fell ill last winter and has not recovered yet.
to feel very healthy inizia ad imparare		feel on top of the world I have been feeling on top of the world since I quit my job.
to get some medicine from a pharmacy (drug store) with the orders from a doctor inizia ad imparare		fill a prescription The man went to the drug store to fill a prescription.
to begin again suddenly (an illness or a disease) inizia ad imparare		flare up My mother's skin problem flared up when she started to use the new hand soap.
up There was a flare inizia ad imparare		a flare up of my father's sickness last week. a sudden worsening of a health condition
to get a bruise or darkened eye after being hit or after bumping into something inizia ad imparare		get a black eye The boy got a black eye when he fell in the playground.
to develop a cramp in the arm or the leg inizia ad imparare		get a charley horse The swimmer got a charley horse while he was swimming.
to receive a physical examination from a doctor inizia ad imparare		get a checkup I go to the doctor every year to get a checkup.
to overcome a difficulty, to recover from an illness or shock inizia ad imparare		get over (something) The woman is having trouble getting over her father`s death.
to become ill inizia ad imparare		get sick I got sick yesterday and did not go to the movie.
to become well, to become healthy again inizia ad imparare		get well The boy was sick but now he is getting well.
to have a baby inizia ad imparare		give birth The woman gave birth to a baby boy last night.
to have an operation in surgery inizia ad imparare		go under the knife The woman went under the knife at the hospital last evening.
to get a medical check Our company sent all the employees to have a physical last week. inizia ad imparare		have a physical (examination) up
to be near death (usually because of old age or illness) inizia ad imparare		have one foot in the grave My uncle is very sick and has one foot in the grave.
a psychiatrist inizia ad imparare		head shrinker The man went to see a head shrinker after his recent problems at work.
a woman going through childbirth inizia ad imparare		in labor The woman was in labor for three hours.
a disease that seems to be getting better inizia ad imparare		in remission The cancer of my neighbor's mother has been in remission for several months.
exactly what is needed or wanted inizia ad imparare		just what the doctor ordered A nice hot bath was just what the doctor ordered after my long day at work.
to be very thin or emaciated inizia ad imparare		nothing but skin and bones The young man was nothing but skin and bones when he returned from the long camping trip.
to give someone care to restore him or her to good health inizia ad imparare		nurse (someone) back to health My mother spent several weeks with my grandmother trying to nurse her back to health.
it is easier to prevent something bad than to deal with the results inizia ad imparare		an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure and I decided to stay home and rest rather than go out in the cold with my sore throat.
unconscious, to have fainted inizia ad imparare		out cold The patient was out cold because of the anesthesia when he entered the operating room.
not in good physical condition inizia ad imparare		out of shape My mother is out of shape and cannot walk for a long distance.
to die inizia ad imparare		pass away The man's father passed away when he was 96 years old.
to die inizia ad imparare		pass on My grandmother passed on when she was 92 years old.
to faint inizia ad imparare		pass out Three teenage girls passed out at the rock concert.
to recover from a serious illness inizia ad imparare		pull through The car accident was very bad and I do not think that the driver will pull through.
to deliberately make someone's unhappiness or shame or misfortune worse inizia ad imparare		rub salt in (someone's) wound My supervisor rubbed salt in my wound when he continued to criticize me for my mistake.
to be in poor condition inizia ad imparare		run down My father worked very hard last month and now he is run down.
to be a common family characteristic inizia ad imparare		run in the family The serious illness runs in the family of my friend.
to show indications or hints of an illness inizia ad imparare		show signs of an illness The man was beginning to show signs of some kind of illness.
a severe headache inizia ad imparare		splitting headache I have been suffering from a splitting headache all morning.
to be absent from work and still receive pay inizia ad imparare		take a sick day I did not feel well yesterday so I decided to take a sick day.
zmienić się na lepsze inizia ad imparare		take a turn for the better The medical condition of my uncle has recently taken a turn for the better.
to become sicker inizia ad imparare		take a turn for the worse My aunt took a turn for the worse last week and she is now in the hospital.
to become ill inizia ad imparare		take sick The little boy took sick early last night.
to measure someone's body temperature inizia ad imparare		take (someone's) temperature
to measure the beats of a person's pulse inizia ad imparare		take (someone's) pulse The doctor took the patient's pulse when she arrived at the hospital.
the same treatment that one gives to others (usually this has a negative meaning) inizia ad imparare		a taste of one's own medicine Our boss got a taste of his own medicine when people began to treat him badly like he treats others.
to vomit inizia ad imparare		throw up The woman threw up after eating the bad shellfish.
not feeling well inizia ad imparare		under the weather My boss has been under the weather all week and has not come to work during that time.
healthy and moving around, not sick in bed inizia ad imparare		up and about My uncle has been up and about for a couple of days since he left the hospital.

Idioms - health

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