in the pink

Cultural  

1. In good health: “Marsha has recovered from the flu and is feeling in the pink again.”

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in the pink Idioms  

1. In good health, as in We're glad to hear Bob's in the pink again. In the 1500s pink meant “the embodiment of perfection,” but the current idiom dates only from about 1900.

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Example Sentences

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in the pink

Lloyd said the fact Kirsty's body was wrapped in the pink carrier she bought to preserve her wedding dress was a "particularly agonising revelation".

From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2026

Two days later on Instagram, Spencer Reaves posted a photo of his brother in the pink Rigorer shoes and a photo of himself and his wife holding ultrasound photos.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2025

Maybe we’re living in the pink Dreamhouse already.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 21, 2023

Einer Rubio won a shortened and weather-affected 13th stage of the Giro d’Italia for his first victory in a Grand Tour while Geraint Thomas remained in the pink jersey on Friday.

From Washington Times ● May 19, 2023

I pull a pair of pajama shorts and a T-shirt out of my drawer in the pink dresser from Malia’s old room.

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks

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