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Health idioms

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  • The doctors said that it was because he was so fit and healthy that he made a speedy recovery from the operation on his fractured shoulder.
    to recover quickly from an ill health.
  • I’m much better than I was but I’m still feeling washed out.
    to not have much energy after an illness.
  • It took my gran a while to get over the effects of her fall but she’s back on her feet again now.
    to be healthy again after a period of illness or injury.
  • I suffered from depression after my brother was killed in an accident last year but I’m on the mend now and beginning to enjoy life again.
    to be recovering after ill health.
  • They didn’t think she’d survive the bout of pneumonia with her weak chest but she’s finally on the road to recovery.
    the process of becoming healthy again.
  • I was fed up with feeling tired, full of aches and pains and always getting colds so I changed my diet and took up running. Now I’m as fit as a fiddle.
    to be in very good health.
  • I was so looking forward to the new club’s opening night but didn’t really enjoy it as I was feeling under the weather.
    to feel unwell.
  • Tony changed his lifestyle after suffering from heart problems and has now been given a clean bill of health by his doctor.
    a decision by a doctor that a person is healthy.