FIRST
SECOND
THIRD
EXAMPLE
100

An apple a day keeps the doctor away

Eating healthy foods will keep one from getting sick (and needing to see a doctor)

100

Alive And Kicking

 In good health despite health problems

100

As pale as a ghost

Extremely pale, white skin like a ghost (very sick or scared)

100

Under the weather

Not feeling well

200

At death’s door

Very near death

200

Back on one’s feet

Physically healthy again

200

Black-and-blue

Bruised, showing signs of having been physically harmed

300

Catch one’s death of cold

To become very ill (with a cold/flu etc.)

300

Bitter pill to swallow

An unpleasant fact that one must accept

300

Feel on top of the world

To feel very healthy or good

400

Go Under the Knife

to have surgery

400

Sick as a Dog

Extremely ill

400

Taste of your own medicine

The same unpleasant experience or treatment that you have given to others

500

Just what the doctor ordered

Exactly the thing that is or was needed to help improve something or make one feel better

500

Laughter is the best medicine

Laughing a lot is a very effective means of recovering from physical or mental injury

500

Run in the family

To be a common family characteristic