down with a disease

*down with a disease

ill; sick at home. (Can be said about many diseases. *Typically: be ~; Come ~; get~.) Tom isn't here. He's down with a cold. Sally is down with the flu.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Niamh	NEEV	Irish, Irish Mythology
Dafydd	-	Welsh
Ortwin	AWRT-veen (German)	German, Ancient Germanic
BoglÁRka	-	Hungarian
Aleck	['ælik]
Halli	-	Ancient Scandinavian