in the pink (of health)

in the pink (of health)
*in the pink (of condition) & *in the pink (of health)
Fig. in very good health; in very good condition, physically and emotionally. (*Typically: be \in the pink (of health); get [into] \in the pink (of health).) •

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.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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