fit as a fiddle

fit as a fiddle
*fit as a fiddle
Cliché in very good health. (*Also: as \fit as a fiddle.) •

You may feel sick now, but after a few days of rest and plenty of liquids, you'll be fit as a fiddle.

Grandson: Are you sure you'll be able to climb all these stairs? Grandmother: Of course! I feel as fit as a fiddle today.

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{adj. phr.} In very good health. * /The man was almost 90 years old but fit as a fiddle./ * /Mary rested at home for a few weeks after her operation; then she felt fit as a fiddle./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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