new idioms

Hello everyone ! It is time for you to add some new idioms to your vocabulary ...Have a look on the following expressions.

In bad shape : A person who is in bad shape is in poor physical condition.
I really am in bad shape.  I must do more exercise.

Blind as a bat : Someone whose vision is very poor, or who is unable to see anything, is (as) blind as a bat.

Without his glasses, the old man is as blind as a bat.

Bag of bones : To say that someone is a bag of bones means that they are extremely thin.

When he came home from the war he was a bag of bones.

Off colour : If you are off colour, you look or feel ill.

What's the matter with Tom? He looks a bit off colour today.

Back on your feet : If you are back on your feet, after an illness or an accident, you are physically healthy again.

My grandmother had a bad 'flu but she's back on her feet again.

Full of beans : A person who is full of beans is lively, active and healthy.

He may be getting old but he's still full of beans.

Dogs are barking : When a person says that their dogs are barking they mean that their feet are hurting.
I've been shopping all day. My dogs are barking!

Kick the bucket : To kick the bucket is a lighthearted way of talking about death.
He will inherit when his grandfather kicks the bucket.

Cast iron stomach : If you can eat all sorts of food and drink what you like, without any indigestion, discomfort or bad effects, it is said that you have a cast-iron stomach.
I don't know how you can eat that spicy food.  You must have a cast-iron stomach.

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