Medical idioms

Terminology used in medicine and other settings.
== Good health ==
=== Clean bill of health ===
=== Fit as a fiddle ===
=== Healthy as a horse/Rigelian ox/targ ===
===In the pink===
To be in the pink was to be in extremely good condition.
In 2269, when Leonard McCoy was giving a physical to James T. Kirk, whose body was then inhabited by the mind of Janice Lester, he noted that all of Kirk's organs were healthy, and declared the captain to be in the pink. ()
=== The picture of health ===
=== Right as rain ===
== Bad health ==
===(At) death's door===
To be at death's door was to be close to dying. 
In 2263 of the alternate reality, commented on the his disbelief at a wounded 's quote, ("The miserable have no other medicine but only hope") noting, "Death's door and he's quoting Shakespeare."' ()
=== Sick as a dog/vole ===
=== Under the weather ===
== Other ==
=== A taste of your own medicine ===
Used to describe giving someone the same bad treatment they had been giving you. (; )
=== Bedside manner ===
=== Bloody nose ===
Describes doing something that embarrasses an organization. (, , )
=== Ears (are) burning ===
Said to happen to someone who is being discussed by another. 
In 2259 of the alternate reality, after discussing his and 's respective conflicts with while riding the turbolift, encountered the Vulcan just as he entered the bridge, prompting him to ask Spock if his ears were burning. ()
=== Happiness pill ===
=== Headache ===
Describes something that is frustrating and liable to bring on a headache.
=== Just what the doctor ordered ===
=== Pain in the ass/neck ===
Used to describe something or someone that was annoying. (, , , )
=== Road to recovery ===
Describes the process of recuperation as being like a road one travels. ()
Category:Medicine
Category:Slang