Medical Idiomatic Expressions

To remember:

1. Alive and kicking
2. An apple a day keep the doctor away
3. As fit as a fiddle
4. As pale as a ghost
5. Back on one’s feet
6. At death’s door
7. Be on the mend

Examples:

Black and Blue.
Meaning: Bruised, showing signs of having been physically harmed
My arm was black and blue after falling down the stairs.

Go under the knife.
Meaning: Undergo surgery.
I went under the knife last month to try to solve my knee problems.

Medical Idiomatic Expressions

• In the pink: (para describir a alguien en buena salud).
  Example: Ever since Mary started her new fitness routine, she’s been in the pink and full of energy.
• A clean bill of health: (para indicar que alguien está completamente sano).
  Example: The doctor examined Tim thoroughly and gave him a clean bill of health.
• As right as rain: (para describir a alguien que está en perfecto estado de salud).
  Example: After a good night’s sleep, Susan woke up feeling as right as rain.
• A picture of health: (para describir a alguien que parece extremadamente saludable).
  Example: Despite his hectic schedule, Jack always looks like a picture of health.
• Fighting fit: (para describir a alguien en un estado de salud óptimo y listo para enfrentar desafíos).
  Example: After months of training and proper nutrition, Mark is now fighting fit and ready for the boxing match.
• Under the weather: (para indicar que alguien está enfermo o no se encuentra en su mejor estado de salud).
  Example: I won’t be able to come to the party tonight; I’m feeling a bit under the weather.
• To be in the doldrums: (el término “doldrums” se refiere a un estado de depresión o tristeza).
  Example: Ever since she lost her job, Jane has been in the doldrums and feeling down.

Notes and activities class 16

• Clean bill of health.
  Definition: A report or certificate that a person or animal is healthy
  Example: I have never seen such happy parents. After months of chemotherapy her son had a clean bill of health

• Go under the knife.
  Definition: have an operation in surgery, often a cosmetic surgery.
  Last week Peter had acute appendicitis. He had to go under the knife urgently.

• A bitter pill to swallow.
  Definition: an unpleasant fact that one must accept.
  Example: when Ana was diagnosed with cancer it was a bitter pill to swallow for everyone.

• Green around the gills.
  Definition:Look sick.
  Example: she was rushed to the hospital. She was green around the gills.

• Picture of health.
  Definition: A perfect example of health.
  Example: the last medical exam George’s grandfather gave was very good. This man always was a picture of health.

• I have never felt the doors death

• Today I’m feeling grate, I’m as fit as fiddle

• I love the vegetables, an apple a day keep the doctor away

• My skin color is light and pale as a ghost. Buuuuu!

• Years ago I had depression, but I can say that today I back on one’s feet I back again, and I’m feeling like a little kid

After the surgery, he is as pale as a ghost. He was at deth´s door but now he needs to eat healthy food because an apple a day keed the doctor away.

“Communicate naturally Medical idiomatic expression”

• He become as pale as a ghost when saw a snake.
• They back on one’s feet after tratments.

Since I was a teenager I’ve took care of my body and have keep that habit throughout the years, today I can say that I’m as fit as a fiddle.

fiddle = violin

-To be on the mend. (She’s out of the hospital and on the mend)
-To feel on top of the world. (I feel on top of the world now thank you doctor)

-run over: atropellar
-scraped: raspar.
-ribs: costillas
-i didn´t past out: no me desmaye.
-nagging cough: tos persistente.

• swing by: pasar ?
  -fight it off: lucharlo?
  -worn out: desgastado
• fit as a fiddle: buen estado?
  -healing: cicatrizacion

nagging cough

worn out

wore off

pulled through

Practice:

1. "As fit as a fiddle"
   Before the hypoglycemia, I felt as fit as a fiddle.
2. "Back on one’s feet"
   Fifteen minutes after they gave me sugar, I was back on my feet.

1. • Sick as a Dog

• When you feels really bad. He was sick as a Dog when was in the hospital.

• As pale as a ghost | Alive and kicking

meaning of as pale as a ghost: this idiomatic expression is valid when one person is very pale and perhaps needs medical attention, although it’s common to use it to exaggerate

meaning of alive and kicking: that someone is still alive and healthy after an incident

example: He was as pale as a ghost when he saw the needle, thankfully, he made it home alive and kicking

• Is good to see someone on the mend.
• I’m fit as a fiddle.
• Most of the people that use vaccines for COVID, after some days, can be alive and kicking.
• I like to eat fruits, so an apple a day keeps the doctor away.

A picture of health (it applies when you are physical, mentally and emotionally at your 100%)
You area picture of health, what do you do?

Someone is out of the woods (when the most critical part of the procedure or illness is overcome)
They are finishing the surgery, doctors say he is out of the woods.

The only mistake that I found in the story is that he should have called the emergency number or, he should have gone to the hospital right away.

• Bitter pill to swallow: An unpleasant fact that one must accept. Example: Losing the election was a bitter pill to swallow for the candidate.

• Black-and-blue: Bruised, showing signs of having been physically harmed.
  Example: My arm was black-and-blue after falling down the stairs.

• Under the weather: Not feeling well. Example: My mother has been under the weather all week.

• Sick as a Dog: Extremely ill. Example: Did you have a good weekend? Not really. I was sick as a dog the whole time.