in\ the\ pink\ of\ condition

in\ the\ pink\ of\ condition
• in the pink
• in the pink of condition
adj. phr. informal
In excellent health; strong and well; in fine shape.

Mr. Merrick had aged well; he was one of those old men who always seem in the pink of condition.

After a practice and a rubdown, Joe felt in the pink.


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