Idioms for Health and Fitness Nuts
I have traveled a lot, and even in my little town I meet folks for who English is a second language. For me, the language of nutrition and fitness is a second language. I mean, when I started, I thought a burpee was a couple of bodily functions gone wrong - like a hickcough.
My neighbor is Brazilian and I love his accent and fractured idioms! My favorite is "the whole 9 shebangs."
It got me to thinking about some of the sayings Americans use (don't like it, piss off no offense to the rest of the world) in day-to-day life. What if nutrition and fitness was my first language, what would they mean then? How would they change? Here is a intor into my little world.
- As easy as [tofu] pie!
- The bee's knees [needed arthoscopic surgery].
- As happy as an [unfried] clam.
- Big fish in a small pond: now a meal for four.
- Blast from the past: before pics!
- Catch 22: Could be good or bad depending on whether it is a filling 22 calorie snack food or a 22 pound weight gain.
- Brownie points: Colon cleansing.
- Chick flick: Half a chicken tender.
- Close but no cigar: 200.1 lbs on the scale damn it!
- Cold turkey: unhealthy processed meats filled with sodium.
- Doom and gloom: A 1000 calorie a day diet.
- Fancy pants: 2 sizes smaller then the ones from last month!
- Ethnic cleansing: No more pizza and beer!
- Fanny farm: Where we used to live before C25K.
- Going postal: Mail order diet food.
- Heavy metal: Fitbits, GPS units and HRMs.
- Identity Theft: After pics!
- In the bag: Purchase healthy food.
- Jump the gun: Run your first 5K!
- Kangaroo court: Message boards.
- Jump the shark: Mad fitness workout!
- Kit and caboodle: Properly fitting sports bra or other undergarment.
- Lame duck: Posting that you are not going to log for a few days.
- Off the record: Not logging all your food.
- Pi$s off: Getting ready to weigh in.
- Play by ear: New running tunes!
- Red letter day: Over your calories.
- Sold down the river: Health food store is too far from the house.
- Spill the beans: In the south = peanut farts, up north = eating a high protein/high fiber diet.
- Tuckered out: Week 3 of C25K. :)
- Zero tolerance: Rules for not adding friends.
Thanks for reading along! I appreciate the votes and comments. Feel free to add your own.
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