fit as a fiddle
In prime condition
Fit as a fiddle means in excellent health or condition, physically sound and ready for action: After a week of rest, she was fit as a fiddle.
The phrase is old-fashioned but still common.
The fiddle connection likely comes from a well-tuned instrument being in proper working order.
In perfect condition
- in the pinkExcellent health state
- hale and heartyIn excellent health
- fighting fitExtremely healthy and strong
- sound as a bellFree from all defects
full of beans · in tip-top shape · as fresh as a daisy · strong as an ox · prime of life · bright-eyed and bushy-tailed · alive and kicking
Strong and durable
- haleSound and vigorous
- heartyWarm and substantial
- soundAudible wave phenomenon
- wholesomeConducive to well-being
vigorous · hardy · sturdy · thriving · flourishing · resilient · nourished · blooming
Having much vigor
- livelyAnimated and energetic
- vibrantFull of life, intensity
- dynamicActive and changing
- animatedFull of life, or drawn moving
spirited · vivacious · exuberant · buoyant · zestful · peppy · perky · bouncy
right as rain
In perfect condition
- in the pinkExcellent health state
- hale and heartyIn excellent health
- fighting fitExtremely healthy and strong
sound as a bell · full of beans · in tip-top shape · as fresh as a daisy · strong as an ox · prime of life · bright-eyed and bushy-tailed · alive and kicking
robust
Strong and durable
wholesome · vigorous · hardy · sturdy · thriving · flourishing · resilient · nourished · blooming · balanced
energetic
Having much vigor
animated · spirited · vivacious · exuberant · buoyant · zestful · peppy · perky · bouncy · zippy
athletic
Physically strong and active
- tonedMuscularly firm and defined
- conditionedTaught automatic responses
- muscularHaving well-developed sinews
strong · stamina · endurance · cardiovascular · aerobic · flexible · agile · trained · exercised · limber
violin
Bowed string instrument
reel · strings · bow · rosin · tune · country · Appalachian · Irish · Scottish · hoedown
- folk sayingsproverb, adage, maxim, folk saying, old saying
- idiomstime flies, hit the sack, seize the day, ring a bell, break a leg
- British slangblag, bloke, bodge, blagger, bobby
- appearance idiomsall dolled up, dolled up, done up, dressed to kill, dressed to the nines
- Civil War Slangskedaddle, Johnny Reb, bluebelly, grayback, copperhead
fit as a fiddlesick as a dog
Extremely unwell, emphatically so
at death's door · under the weather · sickly · ailing · unwell
fit as a fiddleout of shape
Lacking physical conditioning
unfit · flabby · sedentary · couch potato · unhealthy
fitness, fiddle, misfit, fiddling, fitter, fiddled, fittest, fiddler, retrofit