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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

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

“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

Each morning when she wakes up in the pink bedroom she shares with Theo, she tells Vincent in this first letter, she looks “straight at that beautiful flowering peach tree of yours.”

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

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