| fiddle (100% fit) | as fit as fiddle |
| health (100% fit) | bursting with health |
| fettle (100% fit) | in fine fettle |
| picture (100% fit) | the picture of health |
| daisy (100% fit) | as fresh as a daisy |
| sound (100% fit) | safe and sound |
| scratch (100% fit) | found without scratch on him |
| pink (100% fit) | in the pink |
| door (near death) | at death's door |
| end (near death) | near the end |
| away (near death) | wasting away |
| croak (near death) | about to croak it |
| maker (near death) | about to meet one's maker |
| legs (near death) | on one's last legs |
| bed (near death) | on one's death bed |
| decrepit (near death) | old and decrepit |
| cancer (very ill) | riddled with cancer |
| time (very ill) | living on borrowed time |
| health (very ill) | in declining health |
| disease (very ill) | have a degenerative disease |
| way (very ill) | in a bad way |