down with a disease

down with a disease
*down with a disease
ill; sick at home. (Can be said about many diseases. *Typically: be \down with a disease; come \down with a disease; get\down with a disease.) •

Tom isn't here. He's down with a cold.

Sally is down with the flu.

* * *
{adj. phr.} Ill or sick. * /Aunt Liz is down with the flu this week; she has to stay in bed./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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