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Fit as a fiddle
Meaning
- To be in excellent physical condition or perfect health. It is a happy, rhyming way to say you are feeling great.
Cheerful, healthy
Used in a sentence
- Grandpa is eighty, but he is as fit as a fiddle.
- After three weeks of training, I'm feeling fit as a fiddle.
- He recovered from the surgery and is now as fit as a fiddle.
The backstory
This phrase dates back to the 1600s. While it sounds like it refers to a medical fit, it actually refers to the 'fitness' or suitability of a musical instrument being in good condition.
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