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: If someone's in the pink,
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If someone's in the pink,
their health is poor.
their health is good.
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18-Jun-2006, 07:44
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In the pink
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11-Jul-2006, 16:47
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Re: In the pink
to be in the pink means being healthy, as opposed to be as white as a sheet, id est, being pale.
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17-Aug-2006, 13:15
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Re: In the pink
So can we use such " in the pink ";
- How are you ?
- I am in the pink, you ?
like this...
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23-Aug-2006, 13:39
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Re: In the pink
Sarah,
No, you can't use it in this way. Generally you use the expression when talking about a third person who is looking well ie., he's in the pink.
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06-Sep-2006, 15:00
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Re: In the pink
ok i got that idiom thnx mauren
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21-Jun-2009, 01:55
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Re: In the pink
in the pink
(
old-fashioned
,
informal
) in good health
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in the pink
informal + old-fashioned
:
in very good health
▪ Regular exercise helped to keep her in the pink (of good health).
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27-Aug-2009, 18:29
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Re: In the pink
In the Pink -- The image what I see in my mind from reading it -- good, healthy, plump person with pink rosy cheeks!
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