What does "pink of health"?

Just curious what does the phrase "pink of health" actually mean?

 

Are you sure it's not PEAK of health?

 

It means that you are in good health. I've encountered this idiom several times before because I love to read. Here a link for more info: http://englishwithsunil.wordpress.com/2009/12/14/in-the-pink-of-health/

 

I think it refers to peak of healthy, its something I curretly don't have, sadly,

 

Peak of health makes sense to me, but pink of health not really, in fact never heard about this until today, and it's strange that the above Wordpress blog have a reference about this phrase.

 

It's an idiom, like "once in a blue moon", but it's not commonly used. Just google it and you'll see that "pink of health" and "peak of health" are quite different.

 

Googled a bit but couldn't find a straight answer. Some say it's looking healthy, others say it means to have a kind of a glow on you. So in conclusion, it means that you're in great health.

 

Oh yes, it is indeed pink of health. That is the reason I am asking the question.

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I think we have to settle with that then!

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Hey Sidney,

Thanks for clarifying that. Look like I will have to do some homework on this one.

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Oh yes, there are more references to this one and that is how I came across it. Hmm.. So I am not the only one who was surprised with the term...

 

@ oivas, sure, you're welcome! If you happen to read some novels or even comic strips, you will stumble upon that term. It's rarely used in movies. In fact I haven't heard it yet in any film that I have watched.

 

@ oivas, sure, you're welcome! If you happen to read some novels or even comic strips, you will stumble upon that term. It's rarely used in movies. In fact I haven't heard it yet in any film that I have watched.

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@ oivas, sure, you're welcome! If you happen to read some novels or even comic strips, you will stumble upon that term. It's rarely used in movies. In fact I haven't heard it yet in any film that I have watched.

 

"Pink of health" obviously sound like those from literature, the artsy type which is why we rarely see them used in movies and non-fiction works. I'm actually surprised as how did you come across such a phrase oivas.

 

I've never heard of 'pink of health' before. So i'm guessing it's just another way of saying that something seldomly happens.

 

@rosa, no it means that a person is in good health, I think what you're referring to is the idiom, "once in a blue moon".