Idioms: health and body

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• on the mend
  recovering from an illness or injury
• sick as a dog
  very ill
• a picture of health
  looking very healthy
• at death's door
  extremely ill, near death
• black and blue
  covered in bruises
• a pain in the neck
  an annoying person or situation
• get a clean bill of health
  to be told by a doctor that you're healthy
• run yourself into the ground
  to exhaust yourself through overwork
• a shadow of your former self
  much weaker or thinner than before, often due to illness
• take a turn for the worse
  for a situation, especially health, to suddenly become worse
• under doctor's orders
  required by a doctor's instructions
• break out in a cold sweat
  to suddenly sweat from fear, nerves, or illness
• touch wood
  said to avoid bad luck when talking about good health or fortune
• a bitter pill to swallow
  something unpleasant that must be accepted
• take your medicine
  to accept an unpleasant but deserved consequence
• a taste of your own medicine
  to be treated the way you have treated others
• burn the candle at both ends
  to work or party too much without getting enough rest
• go under the knife
  to have surgery
• down with the flu
  to be sick with the flu
• feel like death warmed up
  to feel extremely unwell
• on your last legs
  extremely tired, or about to fail or break down
• not feeling yourself
  to feel unwell or not normal
• catch your breath
  to rest until your breathing returns to normal
• back on your feet
  healthy and active again after an illness or difficulty
• a health kick
  a period of trying to improve your health through diet and exercise
• worse for wear
  tired, damaged, or in bad condition after an experience
• raring to go
  very eager and ready to start doing something