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in the pink

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*in the pink (of condition)

 and *in the pink (of health)

Fig. in very good health; in very good condition, physically and emotionally. (*Typically: be ~; get [into] ~.) He recovered completely from his surgery and has been in the pink ever since. She was lively and active and in the pink of condition.

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in the pink (of something)

very strong and operating well It was almost a miracle that after his bout with pneumonia, he was back in the pink of health. These men are in the pink of condition, and the army wants to keep them that way. Our business is in the pink these days.

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in the pink

In good health, as in We're glad to hear Bob's in the pink again. In the 1500s pink meant "the embodiment of perfection," but the current idiom dates only from about 1900.

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in the pink

1. mod. feeling quite well; feeling on top of the world. When she’s in the pink again, she’ll give you a ring.

2. mod. alcohol intoxicated. Pete is in the pink and singing at the top of his lungs.

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