Medical/Health-Idioms - 11/03/2019
*bad break = bad luck/misfortune.
*a shot in the arm = a little boost/encouragement ("this lessons gave me a shot in the arm).
*to come down with (something) = to catch a cold/flu/some sort of an illness that passes in a few days.
*a flare-up = when you all of a sudden get symptoms that you've had before (skin/allergies/etc.).
*rub salt in a wound/spread salt in/on a wound = to irritate someone on purpose by talking about something he/she is sensitive/upset about.
*picture of health = a great example of ideal health condition ("he is the picture of health).
*head shrinker = another word for a psychologist/therapist.
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*a taste of your own medicine
*you are what you eat
*a bitter pill to swallow
*to get something out of your system
*fit as a fiddle/healthy as a horse
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Medical/Health-Idioms - 11/03/2019
*bad break = bad luck/misfortune.*a shot in the arm = a little boost/encouragement ("this lessons gave me a shot in the arm).(A shot in the arm = an injection in the arm with a syringe(needle). It is not used as an idiom or often metaphorically unless you were to use it as a simile, "It felt like a shot in the arm.")
*to come down with (something) = to catch a cold/flu/some sort of an illness that passes in a few days.
*a flare-up = when you all of a sudden get symptoms that you've had before (skin/allergies/etc.).
*rub salt in a wound/spread salt in/on a wound = to irritate someone on purpose by talking about something he/she is sensitive/upset about.(Close but it is more about making something worse. "After John lost his job, his wife decided to rub salt in the wound by telling him that if he didn't get another job by tomorrow, she was leaving him.)
*picture of health = a great example of ideal health condition ("he is the picture of health).
*head shrinker = another word for a psychologist/therapist.(usually referred to as a "shrink")
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*a taste of your own medicine ("o give you back what you give out usually in terms of words or actions. "These bandits keep terrorizing the town's folk. "Let's give them a taste of their own medicine and launch a surprise attack against them.")
*you are what you eat (You physically and literally become the substance that you're eating. "Because I eat a plant-based alkaline diet, my blood is very alkaline. You might say I am what I eat.")
*a bitter pill to swallow (A hard truth to accept. "Learning that I had diabetes and had to change my entire diet was a very bitter pill to swallow)
*to get something out of your system (To remove some chemical or substance from your body "If you want to do a cleanse, drink lots of water with lemon. The vitamin C will help to get toxins out of your system.")
*fit as a fiddle/healthy as a horse (Very healthy. "After the physical, the doctor told me I was fit as a fiddle/healthy as a horse.")
Good selection of collocations and idioms. Let me know if you have any questions about the corrections.
-Jeff
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