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in the pink

Cultural  

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

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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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

When the story opens, Barbie lives an entirely frictionless life in the pink perfection of Barbie Land.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2024

“At the after party, guests couldn’t get enough of Elvis’ favorite desserts at the diner, time in the pink convertible, or dancing on the red carpet to ‘All Shook Up!’” our source recalled.

From Washington Times • Oct. 8, 2023

Maybe we’re living in the pink Dreamhouse already.

From Scientific American • Jul. 21, 2023

The comet's tail spread across the dawn, a red slash that bled above the crags of Dragonstone like a wound in the pink and purple sky.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

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