at death's door
- very near death
The Prime Minister was at death's door after suffering a serious stroke.back on one's feet
- physically healthy again
My mother is back on her feet again after being sick with the flu for two weeks.black out
- lose consciousness, faint
The football player blacked out after being hit by the other player.break out
- begin showing a rash or other skin disorder
I broke out in a terrible rash after eating the raw shrimp at the restaurant.breathe one's last
- to die
The man finally breathed his last after a long illness.bring around/round
- restore to health or consciousness, cure
The medical workers were able to bring the man around after the accident.bring to
- restore to consciousness, wake from sleep/anesthesia/hypnosis/fainting etc
The woman was brought to soon after the car accident.catch a cold
- get a cold
I caught a bad cold last week and had to miss three weeks of work.catch one's death of cold
- become very ill (with a cold, flu etc)
The little boy was told to be careful in the rain or he would catch his death of cold.check-up
- a periodic inspection of a patient by a doctor
I went to have my annual check-up last week.clean bill of health
- a report or certificate that a person or animal is healthy
The doctor gave me a clean bill of health when I visited him last month.come down with
- become sick with, catch
My niece came down with a bad cold and was unable to visit me last week.couch doctor
- a psychoanalyst who puts his patients on a couch
He was sent to see a couch doctor after his continued problems at work.dose/taste of one's own medicine
- being treated in the same way as one treats others (usually a negative meaning)
Our boss got a taste of his own medicine when people began to ignore him as he had always done to them.draw blood
- make someone bleed, get blood from someone
The doctor decided to draw some blood from the patient to check up on his blood sugar level.fall ill
- become sick or ill
The man fell ill last winter and has not recovered yet.feel on top of the world
- feel very healthy
I have been feeling on top of the world since I quit my job.flare up
- to begin again suddenly (illness etc)
My mother's skin problems flared up when she started to use the new laundry soap.flare-up
- a sudden worsening of a health condition
His arthritus usually flares up every winter.go under the knife
- be operated on in surgery
His wife went under the knife at the hospital last evening.hang out one's shingle
- give public notice of the opening of a doctor's office etc
The doctor decided to hang up his shingle as soon as he finished medical school.have a physical (examination)
- get a medical check-up
Our company sent all the employees to have a physical last week.head shrinker
- a psychiatrist
The man was told to go and see a head shrinker after he threatened the woman in the store several times.just what the doctor ordered
- exactly what is needed or wanted
A nice hot bath was just what the doctor ordered.look the picture of health
- be in good health
My uncle was looking the picture of health when I saw him last week.on the mend
- healing, becoming better
My grandfather is on the mend after he broke his leg last week.out cold
- unconscious, in a faint
As soon as the patient entered the operating room he was out cold because of the anesthesia.over the worst
- recovering from an illness
My brother is over the worst since his skiing accident last month.pull through
- recover from a serious illness
The car accident was very bad and I don't think that the driver will pull through.run a temperature
- have a higher than normal body temperature
The little boy is running a temperature and should stay in bed all day.run down
- get into poor condition
He was working very hard last month and has become very run down.run some tests
- a doctor does some medical tests on a patient
The doctor has decided to run some tests on the patient.splitting headache
- a severe headache
I have been suffering from a splitting headache all morning.take a turn for the worse
- become sicker
My aunt took a turn for the worse last week and is still in the hospital.take someone's temperature
- measure someone's body temperature
The nurse took my temperature when I went to the hospital yesterday.throw up
- vomit
The woman threw up several times after eating the bad shellfish.under the weather
- not feeling well
My boss has been feeling under the weather all week and has not come to work during that time.