Spring
is the time of budding and starting your life with a fresh mind. However, not
everyone is in perfect shape, either physically or mentally. This week, let us practice
some living and health-related expressions/ idioms in English.
1.
keep
body and soul together: to have or get enough food and money
to survive
2.
hale
and hearty: someone, especially an old person, who is
hale and hearty is in excellent health (*similar expression: to be as right as rain)
3.
(to
be) on one's last legs: to be in a very weak condition or
about to die
4.
hair
of the dog that bit you: using as a remedy a small amount of
what made you ill, for example a drop of alcohol when recovering from drinking
too much, is called 'a hair of the dog that bit you
5.
touch
and go: If something is touch-and-go, the outcome or result is
uncertain.
6.
couch
doctor: shrink/ a psychoanalyst or psychiatrist who puts his
patients on a couch to talk to them
7.
(to
be) in remission: a disease that seems to be getting better
8.
socialized
medicine: a system of national healthcare that is funded by taxes
and provided to people by the government.
9.
One’s
back teeth are floating/or swimming!: to need to go pee/ urinate
right away! When somebody has to pee so bad that the urine has filled their
whole body all the way up to the back of the mouth and makes the back teeth
float in urine
10.
(to
be) down in the mouth: to be visibly sad, depressed, and unhappy
Now
let’s use the above expressions in sentences.
1.
Jill has been so down
_________________________ for the past 5 weeks since her beloved cat died.
2.
Drew was advised by his friend to go see a
_______________ doctor about his depression.
3.
Americans are fed up with their medical expenses,
which made them even wish to move to another country like Korea where they have
good _____________________ medicine.
4.
Ashley had to get another job to keep
_________________________ together, because her existing job as a janitor was
chicken feed.
5.
Everyone thought Mr. Smith was on his
______________________ after the recent surgery, but thank goodness he is hale
and ___________________ at the moment!
6.
It was really _____________________________
after the surgery whether she would survive, but she’s been in
_________________.
7.
Jack couldn’t understand when his uncle gave
himself another glass of Whiskey to cure his hangover from last night’s party. Jack’s
uncle says it was the hair of the ______________________.
8. Jordan was looking everywhere in the building
for a restroom. His ___________________________________ at that moment.
*Answer Keys*
1. down in the mouth
2. couch
3. socialized
4. body and soul
5. last legs, hearty
6. touch and go, remission
7. dog that bit you
8. back teeth were floating
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