English Language & Usage Asked by Jere_Sumell on August 30, 2021
British TV Shows are a good way to learn language. At the moment I’m watching Situation Comedy classic series Black Adder, Season one on DVD format. I learnt a new phrase "under the weather" which is in script in Season 1, episode 5, "Witchsmeller Pursuivant".
My own funny moment down at the real life.
It was snowing during pre-season Christmas here in Finland. Some local immigrant said "Hello" to me and then continued his small talk "Bad weather, I’ve moved to Finland last summer and it’s snowing, very horrible weather." I answered him: "Well, I’m under the weather too like you here in winter-time Finland".
I was referring to bad weather but I don’t know if he caught the joke. Is there an opposite phrase for "Under the weather". "Ylaepuolella" in Finnish synonym in English translation is something like above, on top, over, upstairs, aloft, overhead.
Is it idiomatic to say "I’m feeling overhead" when my mood is good? Looking for a legit way to express myself feeling good as opposed to "under the weather".
In another joke for feeling overheaded, if it’s a legit way to cite like this.
Tall and the Giant man met each others on the street. Tall man began the small-talk daily conversation as strangers:
"Howdy Hootchie-Cootchie, How do you do?" The Giant answered "How Do You Do? I’m feelin’ overheaded".
Overhead, or another legit way to express yourself feeling good in a positive way or in a joke when I’m trying to create funny situation comedy? Or in polite manner in daily use in GB England, not in US English.
You asked for British English usage...
In answer to your title...
In the pink
In extremely good health and spirits.
Even in Urban Dictionary they have it right for the first entries. After that, it is unsurprisingly a reference to female genitalia.
Answered by Cascabel on August 30, 2021
This is one of the many, many possible expressions—
In fine fettle
If you say that someone or something is in fine fettle, you mean that they are in very good health or condition.
Answered by user57854437 on August 30, 2021
A thematically related idiom:
on cloud nine (idiomatic)
Often in the phrase on cloud nine: a state of bliss, elation or happiness.
- He was on cloud nine for days after she agreed to marry him.
Collins Cobuild provides one suggested etymology:
This expression is probably derived from the numbered cloud categories used by the US Weather Bureau. Cloud nine, cumulonimbus, is the highest ....
Nevertheless, it's well known in the UK.
Answered by Edwin Ashworth on August 30, 2021
In good / fine spirits, gratified or elated are not too bad.
Jumping for joy might be a bit too strong for your connotations.
I like chirpy that gives the feeling a funny little twist.
Lighthearted might go very well as an opposite to the "heaviness" of your under the weather. It means
(of a person or their behaviour) cheerful or carefree.
Beware of light-headed, though, it's NOT the one! Cambridge Dictionary says:
If you feel light-headed, you feel weak and as if you are going to lose your balance
Answered by fev on August 30, 2021
In a comment, Yousef Baskin wrote:
On top of the world, over the moon, through the roof, but not overhead
On top of the world: If you say that you feel on top of the world, you are emphasizing that you feel extremely happy and healthy.
[Collins Dictionary]
Answered by Decapitated Soul on August 30, 2021
In keeping with the weather jokes, for something simply "not under the weather":
(As) right as rain
informal: in excellent health or condition
Answered by obscurans on August 30, 2021
as right as rain
In good order or good health, satisfactory, as in He was very ill, but he's right as rain now, or If she'd only worked on it another week everything would have been as right as rain. The allusion in this simile is unclear, but it originated in Britain, where rainy weather is a normal fact of life, and indeed W.L. Phelps wrote, “The expression 'right as rain' must have been invented by an Englishman.” It was first recorded in 1894.
I'm just posting a lazy answer because I'm a bit under the weather, but I should be (as) right as rain by Sunday, maybe Monday. No later than Tuesday, I'll be better for the weather, at least by Wednesday. I'll probably be as sick as a dog on Thursday and as glorious as a sunbeam on Friday. It's hard to predict.
Answered by KannE on August 30, 2021
Another suitable antonym for under the weather that maintains the over/under dichotomy is in tiptop shape, meaning in perfect, first-rate or excellent condition:
"Are you still feeling under the weather?"
"No, I'm in tiptop shape."
Answered by Chemomechanics on August 30, 2021
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