Just What the Doctor Ordered. Translate and learn the following idioms.

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 521.

B Look up the words in the boxes to help you complete these sentences with an idiom:

1 I got food poisoning on holiday and for three days I was________ worse

2 I went for a check-up and the doctor gave me a_______________ weather

3 I've got a headache and a sore throat, and I feel generally a bit___ health

4 He was about to come out of hospital but then he took a________ dog

5 It's such a dangerous operation that only 10% of patients_______ mend

6 She's given up smoking and started jogging, and she looks______ shape

7 The meat I had tasted strange, and the next morning I felt a bit___ colour

8 She's been very poorly for months, but now she's_____________ through

9 I'm exhausted. I need a holiday to_________________________ cent

10 I'm back at work now, but I still don't feel__________________ health

11 He made a full recovery from his operation and now he's______ batteries

12 They came back from their holiday looking_________________ fit

13 He's getting better now, but after the crash he was___________ needles

14 My dog is very old and the vet says he's___________________ flies

15 I went to sleep on my arm and now I've got________________ way

16 There's a virus going round My students are________________ legs

17 The two passengers died, but the driver is still_______________ strong

18 My grandmother is 97 and she's__________________________ sick

19 When the sea got rough I had to rush to the toilet to__________ sleep
20 The dog was so badly injured that they had to have it _________ life

21 Once my granddad got ill, he quickly_____________________ nick

22 For a man his age, he's still _____________________________ downhill

23 He got the flu, and for the last week he's been ______________ list

24 Her condition was critical for a week but now she's___________ back