Idioms about Health

She’s over eighty now, but still as fit as a fiddle

• very fit

• to become ill

• suffer pain in one of your teeth

• to not feel well

Half of Martha's class has gone down with flu.

What does 'go down with' mean?

• to be recovering after an illness

  
  

• to start to suffer from an infectious disease

• to have a tooth removed

• to be very healthy

I noticed that the cat was looking a little under the weather.

• to be very healthy

• to not feel well

• to have got through the most serious or uncomfortable stage of
  an illness

• suffer pain in one of your teeth

Kathy's been quite ill with flu, but I think she's on the mend now.

'be on the mend' means

• not completely well

• have emergency treatment

• be recovering

• to have got through the most serious or uncomfortable stage of
  an illness

I (a)   a cold and had to miss the match.

Fill one word with the correct verb form

My brother is ................. the worst since his skiing accident last month.

• on

• in

• of

• over

His skin was so pale, he looked like he was at death's door.

What does ' be at death's door' mean?

• to become ill

• to suffer from a chronic pain

• to be very ill and likely to die

The longer your child can go without needing a filling, the better.

What does ' a filling' mean in this context?

• the food that you put inside a pie, sandwich etc

• a small amount of metal or plastic that a dentist puts in a hole in a tooth to prevent further decay.

• the soft material inside a cushion, pillow etc

When I had the flu last week, I felt like I had one foot in the grave.

The way the nurses are talking, it sounds like Great-Uncle Edmund already has one foot in the grave—you better come to the hospital quick.

What does 'have one foot in the grave mean'?

• are very old or very ill and will probably die soon.

• to be recovering after an illness

• to have gone through the most serious stage of an illness

• to be slightly ill

I had to have a tooth (a)  

Fill the gap using a preposition and its meaning is 'pulling or removing'