Health idioms

I am as fit as a fiddle

• I am fit and healthy

• I am good with music

• I am overweight

I felt very ill and I blacked out

• I fainted

• I fell over

• I was sick

• I coughed

I had a nervous breakdown

• My car broke down

• I felt a bit nervous

• I became mentally unwell

• I broke a bone

I always catch a cold in the winter

• I always feel cold

• I'm good at catching balls

• I always get a cold

I went to the doctor for a check up

• I went to the GP to check something specific

• I went to to the GP to see if everything was fine with my body

• I went to the hospital for an emergency

• I went to the GP for blood tests

I am in good shape

• in good health and fit

• to feel a bit overweight

• to enjoy shopping

My cat passed away last week

• It is healthy

• It left home and got lost

• it is ill

• it is dead

I feel a bit run down

• I feel very tired after months of hard work

• You feel tired after running

• you ran down a hill and feel tired

I'm going to phone in sick

• to phone the GP

• to phone NHS 111

• to phone your boss at work

• to phone your friend to tell him that you are sick

I feel under the weather

• I feel cold

• I don't like the weather today

• I feel hot

• I feel unwell