2016-10-03 Idioms: health idioms

Greg Malivuk
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Homework: finish figuring out the meanings of the expressions on p. 104
1 running a fever = feverish (with a high body temperature)
2 bounce back = recover
3 passed out = fainted
4 as sick as a dog = feeling very sick
5 in the pink = in good health
6 bored out of my mind = very bored
7 take it easy = relax
8 go stir crazy = become very restless from confinement
9 raring to go = full of energy
10 antsy = nervous and agitated
11 pull through = survive
12 under the weather = ill
13 run its course = lose strength on its own
	(= complete its normal process)
14 blah = tired and lifeless
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Comparisons with “like” or “as” are called similes, and many of them are common idioms, especially with animals:
as sick as a dog, as healthy as a horse, as strong as a bull / an ox / a bear, as happy as a clam, busy as a bee
	(“as happy as a clam at high tide” - clams are collected when the water is low, so at high tide they are safe and, perhaps, happy)
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Handout p. 113 - With your partners, make sentences using the idioms in bold for the final response of each conversation. Then take turns reading the conversations out loud.
1 If you don’t get out of your house for a long time, you can go stir crazy.
2 You just let it run its course. / I’m glad it ran its course. / I guess it just ran its course.
3 I’m not sure. Maybe I’ll be as sick as a dog after that.
  I will be as sick as a dog if I complete this class.
  I was as sick as a dog last time I completed this class.
	(Note: it’s strange to use “sick as a dog” when it isn’t an illness.)
4 You will be in the pink again in a few days. / Don’t worry, you’ll be back in the pink soon.
5 Maybe I did. I feel a bit blah today.