Hello, this is Simon.<\/p>\n
It’s that time of year again when it’s getting colder and people are starting to get sick.<\/p>\n
We got hit last week when my daughter “came down with a cold”<\/strong><\/em>. It started with a cough, which seemed to get worse over a period of days. Then she began to get a fever, so we “called her in sick”<\/strong><\/em> at daycare for about 3 days. The funny thing was, in spite of her symptoms, she seemed “as fit as a fiddle”<\/strong><\/em>. In fact, we were thinking of letting her go back to daycare after her second day off, but then she “took a turn for the worse<\/strong><\/em>“.<\/p>\n She had been off for 2 days but had been fairly active all day. To anyone who didn’t know she was sick, they would have thought she was “the picture of good health”<\/strong><\/em>. I got home from work, and she had just finished her dinner. She said she was feeling a little sleepy so took a nap on the sofa. When it was time to go to bed, I picked her up and started to take her upstairs, and suddenly she “brought up everything she had eaten”<\/strong><\/em>. It went all over the floor. Fortunately it come out with a lot of force and flew some distance, so I got very little on me. She was looking pretty “green around the gills”<\/strong><\/em> after that, actually not unlike like “death warmed up”<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n She slowly got better and is in good spirits now. I also started to feel a cold coming on but somehow managed to “keep it at bay”. Unfortunately, my son has the cold now. I’m pretty sure he got it off his sister. He’s about 3 days into it, so hopefully it’s peaking and will start to subside soon. I think we’ll need to give it about one more week until everyone is back in good health and “feeling as right as rain”<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u30fc\u305d\u308c\u3067\u306f\u3001\u672c\u6587\u306e\u4e2d\u304b\u3089\u30d4\u30c3\u30af\u30a2\u30c3\u30d7\u3057\u305f\u82f1\u8a9e\u8868\u73fe\u3092\u898b\u3066\u307f\u307e\u3057\u3087\u3046\uff01<\/strong><\/p>\n The expression to “come down with” something means to get or begin to suffer from a sickness. It is commonly used to talk about getting sick with a cold or influenza<\/p>\n (e.g. I got caught in the rain last night and nearly froze. I hope I don’t come down with a cold.)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n To “call in sick” means to call work, school etc., to say that you can’t go because you are ill<\/p>\n (e.g. I had to call in sick yesterday, because I had a fever of 38 degrees.)<\/p>\n In the same way you can “call someone in sick”.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This expression means to be very healthy and strong. It is often used to talk about elderly people who are in very good health for their age<\/p>\n (e.g. My grandmother is going on 90, but she’s as fit as a fiddle.)<\/p>\n I have no idea where “fiddle” came from except for the fact that it alliterates with “fit”.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n To “take a turn for the worse” means to become worse. It is usually used to talk about someone’s health condition, or a serious situation<\/p>\n (e.g. The situation in Ukraine took a sudden turn for the worse last night.)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n To “bring up” something in this case means to vomit<\/p>\n (e.g. Something I ate last night didn’t agree with me, so I ended up bringing up my dinner about an hour after I had eaten.)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This expression means to look pale and unwell. “Gills” are the openings on the side of a fish’s face through which they breathe. Apparently, they should be red. If they are green, then it is a sign that the fish is sick.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n To look or feel like “death warmed up” means to look of feel very sick<\/p>\n (e.g. Are you sure you’re okay? You look like death warmed up.)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n To be or feel “right as rain” means to be or feel well or healthy again<\/p>\n (e.g. I was feeling pretty rough last week, but I rested all weekend, so now I’m as right as rain.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The temperature has been fluctuating a lot this past month. Please stay warm and take care!<\/p>\n See you next month!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hello, this is Simon. \u307e\u305a\u3001Simon\u5148\u751f\u306e\u82f1\u8a9e\u30d6\u30ed\u30b0\u3092\u8aad\u3093\u3067\u307f\u3088\u3046\uff01 It’s that time of year again when it’s getting colder and people are starting to get sick. 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“called her in sick”<\/h2>\n
“as fit as a fiddle”<\/h2>\n
“took a turn for the worse”<\/h2>\n
“picture of good health”<\/h2>\n
“brought up every thing she had eaten”<\/h2>\n
“green around the gills”<\/h2>\n
“death warmed up”<\/h2>\n
“feeling as right as rain”<\/h2>\n