alive and well/kicking

alive and well/kicking
Alive and well/kicking
 быть живым и здоровым
 At the age of 95 my Uncle Tobias is still alive and kicking.

English-Russian small dictionary of idioms. 2014.

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  • alive and well — alive and kicking, living and breathing, alive …   English contemporary dictionary

  • alive and kicking — {adj. phr.} Very active; vigorous; full of energy. * /Grandpa was taken to the hospital with pneumonia, but he was discharged yesterday and is alive and kicking./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • alive and kicking — {adj. phr.} Very active; vigorous; full of energy. * /Grandpa was taken to the hospital with pneumonia, but he was discharged yesterday and is alive and kicking./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • alive and kicking — alive and well, living and breathing, alive …   English contemporary dictionary

  • alive and kicking — If something is active and doing well, it is alive and kicking.  (It can be used for people too.) …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • alive — a|live [ ə laıv ] adjective never before noun *** 1. ) living and not dead: My father died last year but my mother is still alive. He is lucky to be alive after his fall. stay alive: The family was stealing food just to stay alive. be… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • alive */*/*/ — UK [əˈlaɪv] / US adjective [never before noun] 1) a) living and not dead My father died last year but my mother is still alive. He is lucky to be alive after his fall. stay alive: The family was stealing food just to stay alive. be… …   English dictionary

  • alive*/*/*/ — [əˈlaɪv] adj 1) living and not dead My father died last year but my mother is still alive.[/ex] He is lucky to be alive after his fall.[/ex] The family was stealing food just to stay alive.[/ex] 2) still existing and not gone or forgotten… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • alive — adj. 1 living VERBS ▪ be, seem ▪ remain, stay ▪ Lost and so far from other human life, he faced a desperate struggle to stay alive. ▪ escape …   Collocations dictionary

  • alive — [[t]əla͟ɪv[/t]] ♦♦♦ 1) ADJ: v link ADJ, keep n ADJ If people or animals are alive, they are not dead. She does not know if he is alive or dead... They kept her alive on a life support machine. Ant: dead 2) ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ If you say… …   English dictionary

  • alive — adjective (not before noun) 1 NOT DEAD still living and not dead: It was a really bad accident they re lucky to be alive. | None of my grandparents are alive now. | stay alive (=continue to live): They managed to stay alive by eating berries and… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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