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you're not your usual/normal self

you're not looking or behaving as you usually do.

off-colour

INF looking or feeling ill.

feel/look like death warmed up

INF feel or look very ill or tired.

throw up

vomit; be sick.

keel over

INF fall over, especially when you feel ill.

pass out

faint; lose consciousness for a short time.

wear off

(of a pain, feeling, or effect) gradually disappear or stop. 7777

come/go down with sth

get one of the common illnesses (flu, a cold, etc.). 8888

go round

spread from person to person. 9999

pick sth up

INF catch an infectious illness. 10101010

take things/it easy

relax and avoid working hard or doing too much. 11111111

on the mend

INF getting better after an illness or injury. 12121212

take a turn for the worse/better

suddenly become worse/better. 13131313

go downhill

get worse in health, quality, etc. 14141414

it is touch-and-go (whether)

INF = it's very uncertain whether sth will happen or not. 15151515

pull through (sth)

get better after a life-threatening illness or operation. 16161616

feel/be out of sorts

feel/be ill or bad-tempered. 17171717

swell up

(of part of the body) become bigger in size. 18181818

come out in sth

become covered in spots or a rash. 19191919

go away

disappear. 20202020

check sth out

find out if sth is safe, correct, or acceptable. 21212121

touch wood!

Said in order to avoid bad luck; the speaker will often touch something made of wood when they say this. 22

better safe than sorry

it is wiser to act safely than to act carelessly and later regret it.

to be on the safe side

to act safely than so you don’t regret it later

in retrospect

when thinking about a past event or situation from the perspective of the present. 25

keep/stay one step/jump ahead of sb

keep an advantage over sb, especially your competitors. 26

miss the boat

miss an opportunity to do sth. 27

delude yourself (into doing sth)

choose to believe sth that is not true. 28282828

flood the market

produce sth in such large quantities that competing products suffer. 29292929

cut corners

do sth in the easiest, cheapest, or quickest way in order to save time or money.

false economy

an action that is intended to save money but which actually costs you more. 31313131

be in / get sb into deep water

be in / get (sb) into a serious or difficult situation.

cut your losses

stop doing sth that you can see is going to be unsuccessful before the situation gets worse.

sell up

sell most of what you own, especially your house or business. 34343434

top-heavy

having too many people in senior positions and not enough workers. 35353535

shore sth up

help to support sth that is weak or going to collapse. 36363636

management buyout

a situation in which the managers of a company gain control by buying most of its shares. 37373737

buy sb out v.

a situation in which the managers of a company gain control by buying most of its shares. 38383838

fall through

If a deal or plan falls through, it does not happen. 39393939

at the eleventh hour

at the last possible moment. 40404040

thanks to sb/sth

used to say that sth has happened because of sb/sth

bailout

an act of giving money to a business, economy, etc. to save it from collapse.

hang in the balance

something is uncertain.

on the verge of (doing) sth

very near to the moment when sth happens or sb does sth.

pull out (of sth)

withdraw from an arrangement; stop being involved in sth.

stand aside

not get involved in sth.

go to the wall

INF (of an organization) fail because of lack of money.

get your/a foot in the door

get your first opportunity to work for an organization or business, which could later bring you success.

take sth/things in your stride

accept and deal with sth difficult without letting it worry you.

pin (all) your hopes on sb/sth

hope that sb will help you or that sth will happen because all your plans depend on this.

go it alone

do sth without help from anyone.

put all your eggs in one basket

rely on only one thing for success, having no other possibilities if sth goes wrong.

keep in with sb

INF stay friends with sb because you think you will benefit from it. 53535353

keep your ear to the ground

make sure you find out about recent developments in a particular situation. 54545454

on the grapevine

by talking in an informal way to other people. 55555555

make a name for yourself

become well known and respected by many people. 56565656

keep your feet on the ground

have a sensible and realistic attitude. 57575757

close on

(used with time, age, distance, etc.) almost; very nearly. 58585858

part of the furniture

A person who is so familiar to you that you no longer notice them

sb's face doesn't fit

used to say that sb won't get or keep a job because they are not the kind of person that the employer wants. 60606060

take sb under your wing

look after sb who has less experience than you. 61616161

the tricks of the trade

the clever ways of doing things in a particular job. 62626262

pass sth on (to sb)

give sth to sb else (in this case, knowledge of the job), especially after receiving it yourself. 63636363

dead-end job

a boring job with no hope of promotion. 64646464

take some doing

INF be difficult to do, or involve a lot of effort or time.

throw your weight around/about

INF tell people what to do in a bossy way.

I got the push/boot/elbow

informal idioms that mean to be dismissed from a job.

the going rate (for sth)

the usual amount paid for goods and services

play sb off against sb

make two people or groups compete with each other in order to give yourself an advantage

cut out the middleman

sell your produce directly to the public instead of selling it to a retailer (the middleman), who then sells it to the public

be in the right place at the right time

be somewhere at a time when you can take advantage of an opportunity

pay off

INF (of a plan or action) be successful and bring good results

a roaring success

INF a great success

in/within a short space of time

before much time has passed

rest on your laurels

be so satisfied with your achievements that you stop trying to achieve more

plough sth back (in/into sth)

put money made as a profit back into a business in order to improve it

be going strong

INF be doing well and being successful

to transmit

to pass a disease from one person or animal to another

feeble

weak and without energy, strength, or power

crow's feet

narrow lines around the outside corners of your eyes, that appear when you get older

prescription

a piece of paper or an electronic document on which a doctor writes the details of the medicine or other treatment that someone needs

to take its toll

to cause suffering, deaths, or damage

antiseptic

a substance that prevents infection when applied to a wound, especially by killing bacteria

anesthetic

a type of drug that makes the whole or part of the body unable to feel pain when administered

anesthesia

the condition of not feeling pain, esp. by use of special drugs

crutch

one of a pair of sticks that people with movement difficulties put under their arms to help them walk or stand

informed consent

permission given by a patient to receive a particular treatment, informed of all the possible consequences and risks

remedy

a treatment or medicine for a disease or to reduce pain that is not severe

placebo

a medicine without any physiological effect that is given to a control group in an experiment to measure the effectiveness of a new drug or to patients who think they need medicine when in reality they do not

specimen

a small amount of something such as urine, blood, etc. that is taken for examination

a nose job

a surgical procedure performed on someone's nose that changes its appearance to make it look more attractive

physician

a medical doctor who specializes in general medicine, not in surgery

stamina

the mental or physical strength that makes one continue doing something hard for a long time

to administer

to give someone medicine, drugs, etc.

to cleanse

to completely clean something, particularly the skin

to diagnose

to find out the cause of a problem or disease that a person has by examining the symptoms

to immunize

to protect a person or an animal against a disease by giving them a preventive shot against specific diseases

to admit

(of a hospital) to take in a patient so that they can receive treatment

pus

thick, yellowish liquid that forms in and comes from an infected cut or injury in the body