Describing People - Sickness
Discover how English idioms like "under the weather" and "black and blue" relate to sickness in English.
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to be off one's food
to lose one's appetite due to being physically or mentally ill
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green around the gills
(of a person) feeling or looking nauseated, pale, or sickly
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a frog in one's throat
difficulty in speaking, particularly due to one's throat being dry
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to ride the porcelain bus
to vomit or feel sick, particularly when someone is leaning over a toilet bowl
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(as) thin as a yard of pump water
very thin, often in an unattractive and unhealthy way
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(as) thin as a rake
used to refer to someone who is extremely thin, often in an unhealthy way
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skin and bone
used to refer to someone who is extremely thin, often in an unattractive and unhealthy way
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black and blue
covered with bruise marks on one's skin as a result of having had an accident or been hit by someone or something
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