heal Idioma

a clean bill of health

a good report from the doctor, a good checkup You'll never get a clean bill of health if you eat fat meat!

clean bill of health

(See a clean bill of health)

health nut

a person who eats health foods and does exercises to become healthy Gary is a health nut. He eats fruit and granola, and jogs five to ten kilometers every day.

look the picture of health

be in good health My uncle was looking the picture of health when I saw him last week.

the picture of health

looking very healthy, fit as a fiddle Rick looks very well these days. He's the picture of health.

in the best of health

Idiom(s): in the best of health

Theme: HEALTH - GOOD

very healthy.
• Bill is in the best of health. He eats well and exercises.
• I haven't been in the best of health. I think I have the flu.

give sb a clean bill of health

Idiom(s): give sb a clean bill of health

Theme: MEDICAL

[for a doctor] to pronounce someone well and healthy.
• The doctor gave Sally a clean bill of health.
• I had hoped to be given a clean bill of health, but there was something wrong with my blood test results.

get a clean bill of health

Idiom(s): get a clean bill of health

Theme: MEDICAL

[for someone] to be pronounced healthy by a physician.
• Sally got a clean bill of health from the doctor.
• Now that Sally has a clean bill of health, she can go back to work.

Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy,

Idiom(s): Early to bed, early to rise(, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.)

Theme: EARLY

A proverb that claims that going to bed early and getting up early is good for you. (Sometimes said to explain why a person is going to bed early. The last part of the saying is sometimes left out.)
• Tom left the party at ten o'clock, saying "Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise."
• I always get up at dawn. After all, early to bed, early to rise.

Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy w

It means that sleeping well and not staying up late will help you out physically and financially.

Healthy as a horse

If you're as healthy as a horse, you're very healthy.

In rude health

(UK) If someone's in rude health, they are very healthy and look it.

clean bill of health|bill|clean|health

n. phr. 1. A certificate that a person or animal has no infectious disease. The government doctor gave Jones a clean bill of health when he entered the country. 2. informal A report that a person is free of guilt or fault. The stranger was suspected in the bank robbery, but the police gave him a clean bill of health.

holistic health|health|holistic

n., informal, semi-technical The maintenance of health and the avoidance of disease through such psychogenic practices and procedures as biofeedback, meditation, alternative methods of childbirth, and avoidance of drugs. The Murgatroyds are regular holistic health freaks why, they won't even take aspirin when they have a headache.

bill of health

bill of health
clean bill of health
1) a bill of health certifying the absence of infectious disease
2) Informal a good record; favorable report, as after an investigation

early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, w

early to bed, early to rise
early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise
Prudent habits pay off, as in With final exams coming, you'd best remember, early to bed and early to rise. This ancient rhyming proverb, so familiar that it is often abbreviated as in the example, was long ascribed to Benjamin Franklin, who quoted it in this form in Poor Richard's Almanack. However, slightly different versions existed in English in the mid-1400s and in Latin even earlier.

health

health
see clean bill of health.