flat on one's back
Prostrate and helpless
Flat on one's back describes lying down facing upward, typically because of illness, injury, or exhaustion.
The phrase emphasizes helplessness or incapacity: The flu had me flat on my back for a week.
It can also describe being knocked down: The punch left him flat on his back.
Unable to leave mattress
- helplessUnable to act independently
- immobilizedMade unable to move
- prostrateLying fully extended
- laid upConfined by illness
confined · disabled · paralyzed · sidelined · out of commission · pinned down · knocked down · floored
Healing after sickness
- recuperatingRegaining health gradually
- healingRestoration of health
- restingIn a state of stillness
- mendingRestoring damaged items
rehabilitating · on the mend · taking it easy · doctor's orders · bed rest · sick leave · getting better · restoration
bedridden
Unable to leave mattress
- helplessUnable to act independently
- immobilizedMade unable to move
- prostrateLying fully extended
laid up · confined · disabled · paralyzed · sidelined · out of commission · pinned down · knocked down · floored · grounded
convalescing
Healing after sickness
- recuperatingRegaining health gradually
- healingRestoration of health
- restingIn a state of stillness
mending · rehabilitating · on the mend · taking it easy · doctor's orders · bed rest · sick leave · getting better · restoration · therapy
flat on one's backstanding upright
upright · standing · erect · vertical · sitting up
flat on one's backup and about
Mobile after rest
fit as a fiddle · hale and hearty · in fine fettle · in the pink · fighting fit
flat on one's backup and at 'em
Morning call to action
on the go · in action · in the thick of it · back in the saddle · in full swing
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