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Spanish term or phrase:	salud de hierro
English translation:	as healthy as a horse
Entered by:	Beatriz Candil Garcia

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09:49 Jan 5, 2012

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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature

Spanish term or phrase: salud de hierro

It's for teenagers, a cartoon...I had thought of as strong as a an oak but its not the same thing and the comic makes reference to being healthy and our health so this really should be an equivalent, any suggestions? For the UK pls, thanks

Esta es la fórmula mágica para una salud de hierro”

Beatriz Candil Garcia KudoZ activity Questions: 4068 (24 open) (1 without valid answers) (17 closed without grading) Answers: 347
Local time: 07:22

as healthy as a horse

Explanation:
Idiom Definitions for 'Healthy as a horse'
If you're as healthy as a horse, you're very healthy.
Category: Animals
View examples in Google: Healthy as a horse

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Answer from PenguinSage 2 people found this helpful It comes from a time when health was equated with strength
Presumably, anyone who's strong is healthy (and vice versa). And back in the day, a horse was a prime example of a large, strong creature. Therefore, one could only hope to be as "healthy" as a horse was - able to pull your own weight, endure rough conditions, ride all day and night.

Horses were often used as idioms for other signs of strength or largeness:

"eat like a horse"
"work like a horse"

http://askville.amazon.com/story-healthy-horse-euphamism/Ans...

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Helena Chavarria
Local time: 07:22

Grading comment

thx
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Summary of answers provided

3 +11

an iron constitution

ormiston

5 +4

as healthy as a horse

Helena Chavarria

4 +1

(this is the secret to) keeping yourself strong and healthy/fit as a fiddle

Jenni Lukac

fit as a horse

Benjamin A Flores

super health

Lisa McCarthy

tip-top health/condition/shape

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10 mins confidence:

super health

Explanation:
Very simple but maybe it might work?

Six Weeks to **Super Health*** : Patrick Holford
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10 Super-foods for ***Super Health**
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... sugar and bad fat, and living in stressed households; Teenagers making their own lifestyle choices and .... 2) WELLNESS - THE SECRET TO **SUPER HEALTH ...**

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7steps to health
www.thehealthnut.com.au/sale7steps.htmCached
... program that gives you a step-by-step holistic*** formula for super health** and energy. It's different than anything else on alternative health and diets you've seen. ...

Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Local time: 07:22
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 92

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +11

an iron constitution

Explanation:
a good parallel ?

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dictionary definition:
Strong, healthy, and capable of great endurance: an iron constitution.

Read more: http://www.answers.com/topic/iron#ixzz1iZpFX4LP

ormiston
Local time: 07:22
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 22

21 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

(this is the secret to) keeping yourself strong and healthy/fit as a fiddle

Explanation:
I think the choice really depends on how "cute" and colloquial you want to be.
www.amazon.com/Fit-As-Fiddle.../B0000003EP -
Amazon.com: Fit As a Fiddle: Natalie Macmaster: Music. ... She picks up the pace and you're clapping your hands to keep time. This music's just for fun,you find yourself on your feet tapping out a little rigadoon. Now she's caught your interest. The second set makes you feel young again,like a little kid on a swing on a Spring ...;
kidsgrowingstrong.com/EatHealthy - Estados Unidos -
Exercise is the foundation for a healthy life. Some Healthy Foods You Can Grow and Eat. ... and keep moving! It's the only way to keep yourself strong & healthy. ...

Jenni Lukac
Local time: 07:22
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 132

1 hr confidence:

tip-top health/condition/shape

Explanation:
Otra opción. Saludos

búsqueda en Preferencias.

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Definition of tiptop in the Online Dictionary. ... Translations of tiptop. tiptop synonyms, tiptop antonyms. ... Excellent; first-rate: an athlete in tiptop condition. adv. ...

tiptop - Definition of tiptop

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(tĭpˈtŏpˌ). noun. The highest point; the summit. The highest degree of quality or excellence. adjective. Excellent; first-rate: an athlete in tiptop condition. adverb ...

tiptop: Definition, Synonyms from Answers.com

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tiptop ( ) n. The highest point; the summit. The highest degree of quality or excellence. adj. Excellent; first-rate: an athlete in tiptop condition.

tip-top adjective - definition in British English Dictionary & Thesaurus ...

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Definition. excellent; perfect. I try and keep in tip-top shape by exercising every day. Even though our house is in tip-top condition, we're having problems selling ...

Shipshape Synonyms, Shipshape Antonyms | Thesaurus.com

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Part of Speech: adjective. Definition: tidy. Synonyms: businesslike, chipper, clean, in good shape, in tip-top condition, neat, ordered, orderly, spick-and-span, trim ...

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Definitions of tip-top condition, synonyms, antonyms, derivatives of tip-top condition, analogical dictionary of tip-top condition (English)

Definition of the word tiptop

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tiptop [ˈtɪpˈtɒp] -adjective de primera, excelente. ·in tiptop condition. [car] en excelentes condiciones [person] en plena forma. ·a tiptop show ...

tip-top definition | English dictionary for learners | Reverso Collins

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tip-top meaning, definition, English dictionary, synonym, see also 'on top/on top of sth','be on top of/get on ... Her hair was thick, glossy and in tip-top condition. ...

Smartranslators
Local time: 07:22
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 84

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

as healthy as a horse

Helena Chavarria
Local time: 07:22
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 12

Grading comment

thx

1 hr confidence:

fit as a horse

Explanation:
More than 4 million hits for this in google
http://www.google.com.sv/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q="...

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no se porque puse esto... si ya le había dado un "agree" a Helena, bueno, ¡la idea es de ella!

Reference: http://www.seanbaby.com/stupcom/clockking.htm

Benjamin A Flores
Local time: 23:22
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish

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