Let's continue our exploration on idioms. Use the link below to access a website that talks about some medical idioms. Remember that an idiom is a phrase or saying that is not meant to be interpreted literally.
Have you ever heard the phrase "under the weather" stated by someone? Since that's a pretty common saying, I bet you already know that it means "not feeling well."
After you review the medical idioms on that page, try the short 10-question quiz that follows and check your answers! Then, return to the blog to tell us your favorite medical idiom, what it means, and how you did on the quiz.
Medical idioms: http://www.idiomconnection.com/medical.html#B
16 comments:
My favourite medical idom is
take a turn for the worst.
Which means becoming worst in health or condition.
As for the quiz I got 10 out of 10.
Sheila W.
Do not go out without jacket or coat on this chili weather ,you might catch cold ! "This is one of may favorite madical idiom".I did very well on that quiz.
I did the idiom game and I did very well on quiz.My favourite medical idiom is under the weather.It mean to be not feeling well.
Dorothea m.
mirlene I did very well on the quiz,and my favorite idiom is My father is (healthy) again after his rescent illness.
Back on his feet.
My favorite one is to taste one's own medicine,which means the same treatment that one gives to others. I did very will on the quiz.
Gm
My favorite idiom was "couch doctor"and to "look the picture of health."Acouch doctor is a psychoanalyst who puts his patience on his couch,and to look the picture of health means to be in good health.
My favorite medical idiom is clean bill of health.
Meaning A report or certificate that a person or animal is healthy.
I got 10 out of 10.
Allison.
My favorite medical idiom is "on top of the world." It means to feel very healthy.
I got 10 out of 10 on the test.
My favorite medical idiom is 'hang out one's shingle'.
Meaning: to give notice of the opening of a doctor's office etc.
I got 10 out 10 on the medical quiz.
Leonie Florestal
"Go under the knife" means to have surgery. After my physical, the doctor suggested for me to go under the knife.
Maria Rodriguez-Trelles
Quiz results 10 out of 10
My favorite medical idiom is a clean bill of health. Which means a report or certificate that a person or animal is healthy.
Example: The doctor gave me a clean bill of health when I visited him last month.
I scored 10 out 10 on the quiz.
Abbey P.
My favorite medical idiom is flare up because I use it all the time.
I got 10 out of 10 :D
Geraldine G.
I like them all.
I only get 5 answers right.
suetto chan
My favorite idiom is, "look the picture of health". It means to be in good health.
I got 9/10 for the quiz.
Deidra W.
I got all the questions right. The one that stood out the most to me was "Head Shrinker" which means a psychiatrist. I had never heard that before.
Melissa Lobsinger
I did well on the quiz, and my favorites medical idiom are:
- Breathe one's last = to die
- On the mend = healing,becoming better.
-Under the weather = to be not feeling well.
December 09, 2009
Roxana Alvarez
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