It’s not a secret that health is very important and there are many idioms in English that people use to describe it.
In this lesson you will learn 5 new idioms that are useful when you talk about illness or health.
Let’s start:
1) Fit as a fiddle
Meaning: to be in a good physical condition, healthy.
Examples:
I don’t need to see a doctor. I’m fit as a fiddle.
My grandpa is in his nineties but he is still as fit as a fiddle.
2) Under the weather
Meaning: to feel slightly unwell, to be in low spirits.
Examples:
He’s feeling under the weather today. He needs some rest
She can’t attend the meeting; she’s feeling under the weather today.
3) Out of shape
Meaning: to be physically unfit.
Examples:
I’m really out of shape. I haven’t exercised once during the pandemic.
She didn’t realize how out of shape she was.
4) Black and blue
Meaning: to be bruised, to have signs of being physically harmed; to be hurt emotionally
Examples:
The boxer was beaten black and blue by his opponent.
Emily was feeling black and blue after the divorce.
5) As sick as a dog
Meaning: to be very sick, to be in an unpleasant state of health
Examples:
I felt as sick as a dog after that pizza we ate last night.
She felt as sick as a dog this weekend.
English language has hundreds of different collocations. They help us express ourselves better and enrich our language. In this lesson we will discuss 5 collocations with “make”.
It revolutionized our communications so much, that it became our preferred method of interacting with others. That’s why in today’s lesson I prepared 5 useful internet acronyms that will help you be better at internet communication.
It revolutionized our communications so much, that it became our preferred method of interacting with others. That’s why in today’s lesson I prepared 5 useful internet acronyms that will help you be better at internet communication. Here we go:
Holiday and vacation. Most of us feel excited and thrilled when we hear these two words. But the problem is that many ESL students mix them up. Words “vacation” and “holiday” have similar meaning but they still are different.
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