Good health and physical well being is quite important for the holistic development of an individual. People have become quite conscious about their health and are looking for ways to get themselves free from any kind of disease. There are different ways to talk about health and fitness in the English language. We will learn some idioms and phrases that are related to health and fitness.
Using idioms and phrases in your daily life makes the conversation interesting and also enhances your vocabulary. So, let’s learn some interesting idioms and phrases with their Hindi meanings and examples.
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Fit as a fiddle
Meaning:
To be in a good physical condition
तंदुरस्त होना
Sentence:
It’s quite surprising to see that he is fit as a fiddle even at an age of seventy.
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As fit as a butcher’s dog
Meaning:
To be extremely physically fit
तंदुरस्त होना
Sentence:
He is as fit as a butcher’s dog because he runs 5 kms every day.
3. Fit someone to a tee
Meaning:
Be exactly the right size; especially used for clothing
ड्रेस/कपड़े का माप सही होना
Sentence:
This dress fits me to a tee.
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Get back on one’s feet
Meaning:
To recover from an illness
बीमारी से ठीक हो जाना
Sentence:
After a long time, we have seen him back on his feet after that incident.
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Full of beans
Meaning:
To be full of energy
ऊर्जा से भरा रहना
Sentence:
My younger brother is full of beans; he always make the atmosphere lively.
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Image of health
Meaning:
Someone who looks quite healthy
ऐसा कोई व्यक्ति जो की तंदुरुस्त हो।
Sentence:
My fitness trainer is an image of health for all of us.
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To have a frog in one’s throat
One who cannot speak, or is facing problems to speak.
बोलने में तकलीफ़ होना
Sentence:
He seems to have a frog in his throat as he ate a lot of ice cream at the party last night.
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A bag of bones
Meaning:
Someone who is very thin
दुबला पतला व्यक्ति
Sentence:
Ram is always teased by his friends for being a bag of bones.
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Under the knife
Meaning:
Undergo an operation
ऑपरेशन या कोई सर्जरी होना
Sentence:
He went under the knife after he felt a mild pain in his stomach.
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Alive and kicking
Meaning:
To be in good health, full of energy
सेहत बहुत अच्छी होना
Sentence:
Raj seems to be alive and kicking even after undergoing a severe operation.
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Right as Rain
Meaning:
Feel perfectly fit and fine again
स्वस्थ होना
Sentence:
“The baby seems to be as right as rain after taking the medicine”, said the parents to the doctor.
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Cast iron stomach
Meaning:
Used for a person who can digest everything in the stomach or can eat any kind of food
ऐसा व्यक्ति जो कोई भी खाना खा सकता हो
Sentence:
He can eat sweets in any quantity. God has gifted him with a cast iron stomach.
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On the mend
Meaning:
Recover from a disease
ठीक होना
Sentence:
He is on the mend after taking the medicine prescribed by you.
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Under the weather
Meaning:
To not feel well
तबियत खराब होना
Sentence:
I will not be able to attend the meeting as I am under the weather.
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Clean bill of health
Meaning:
A kind of declaration that shows that one is not suffering from any disease
कोई बीमारी न होना
Sentence:
The patient has got a clean bill of health after his full body check-up.
Conclusion
A better hand at good expression is what a language gifts us with. We as learners should always try to make ourselves capable of using good vocabulary to give words to our thoughts and ideas and practice it in real time.
To make this vocabulary learning process easier, what we can do is to adopt a regular practice of putting down our thoughts on the paper regularly and adopt a healthy reading habit which can eventually help us grow and thereby make us quite proficient in advanced English. Nothing can be more suitable than learning these idioms and phrases to enrich our knowledge. You can easily get into the practice by enrolling in Awal’s Gold Course where such idioms and phrases and vocabulary enhancement modules are designed quite lucidly.
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