ENGLISH JULIA'S LAB

alive and kicking - to be well and healthy

alive and well- to be well and healthy

as fit as a fiddle- to be healthy and physically fit

as pale as a ghost /as pale as death  - extremely pale

back on one's feet - physically healthy again

bitter pill to swallow - an unpleasant fact that one must accept

black-and-blue - bruised, showing signs of being physically harmed

black out - to lose consciousness, to faint, to pass out

breathe one's last - to die

burn (oneself) out - to become very tired and almost sick from doing something for a long time or from working too hard

catch a cold - to get a cold

catch one's death of cold - to become very ill (with a cold/flu etc.)

feel on top of the world - to feel very healthy

go under the knife - to have an operation in surgery

in the pink - in very good health

look the picture of health - to be in good health, to look very healthy

nothing but skin and bones - to be very thin or emaciated

on the mend - becoming better, becoming well, healing

look the very picture of health - a perfect example of health

rub salt in (someone's) wound - to deliberately make someone's unhappiness or shame or misfortune worse

run down - to be in poor condition

get a taste of one's own medicine - the same treatment that one gives to others (usually this has a negative meaning)

under the weather- not feeling well