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A new lease of life.

If someone has a new lease of life, they have a new enthusiasm for living.

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A pain in the neck.

You can say someone is a pain in the neck if they annoy you, or something is a pain in the neck if you don't like doing it.

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A shot in the arm.

You can say something is a shot in the arm if it gives a person or an organisation renewed energy or enthusiasm.

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Do you the world of good.

If something does you the world of good, it makes you feel a lot better.

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Fresh as a daisy.

If you feel as fresh as a daisy, you feel energetic and lively.

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Ill at ease.

If you're ill at ease, you feel tense or you can't relax in a situation.

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Junk food

Food that is bad for us because it contains large amounts of harmful substances like artificial colouring, preservatives, salt, refined sugar, and so on.

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Just what the doctor ordered.

You can say something was just what the doctor ordered when it was exactly what was needed.

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Kick the habit

If you kick the habit, you manage to stop doing something that has become a bad habit.

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On your last legs/on its last legs.

If you say you're on your last legs, it can mean you're close to exhaustion, or it can mean you're close to death. If a thing is on its last legs, it's close to breaking or wearing out.

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Recharge your batteries.

You recharge your batteries if you do something to regain your energy after a period of hard work.

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Stick out like a sore thumb.

If someone sticks out like a sore thumb, or stands out like a sore thumb, everyone notices them because they're not the same as the people around them.

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Teething problem/teething trouble

If someone or something is having teething problems, or teething troubles, they're having problems during the early stages of something.

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Under the weather.

If you are under the weather, you're not feeling well.

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Verbal diarrhea.

If someone has verbal diarrhoea, they can't stop talking.

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Vim and Vigour

If you have vim and vigour, you have lots of energy and enthusiasm for life.

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Warts and all.

If you show something warts and all, you show it exactly as it is without trying to hide any of its faults or weaknesses.

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Weak at the knees.

If you go weak at the knees, you feel an emotion so strongly that it makes you feel unstable on your feet.

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You are what you eat.

You can say "you are what you eat" when you want to point out the connection between food and health.

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Sick as a dog.

If you're as sick as a dog, you're very sick

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