English medical and health idioms, expressions;
As fit as a fiddle | To be heathy and phsically fit |
At death’s door | Very near death |
As pale as a ghost | Extremely pale |
Bitter pill to swallow | An unpleasant fact that one must accept |
Get a charley horse | To develop a cramp in the arm or the leg |
Have one foot in the grave | To be near death |
Run in the family | To be a common family characteristic |
Under the weather | Not feeling well |
Sick and tired of | Extremely annoyed by something that occurs repeatedly |
Go under the knife | Undergo surgery |