alive and kicking

English

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Adjective

alive and kicking (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic) Healthy; vital; in good health, particularly in opposition to unfavorable circumstances.

   Synonyms: alive and well, animated, kicking; see also Thesaurus:alive

Translations

healthy, especially in opposition to other circumstances

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 活蹦亂跳／活蹦乱跳 (zh) (huóbèngluàntiào)

• Finnish: elossa ja voimissaan
• French: vif (fr), en pleine forme, bien en vie, sain et sauf (fr)
• German: gesund und munter, quicklebendig (de)
• Greek: ακμαιότατος m (akmaiótatos), ζει και βασιλεύει (el) (zei kai vasilévei)
• Hebrew: חַי וְקַיָּם (he) (kháy v'kayám)
• Hungarian: él és virul (hu), ép és egészséges (hu)
• Italian: vivo e vegeto, in ottima salute
• Japanese: 元気一杯 (genki ippai), しゃんしゃんする (shanshan suru)
• Occitan: viu (oc), plen de vida
• Polish: o dobrym zdrowiu
• Portuguese: vivo e forte
• Russian: жив-здоро́в (ru) (živ-zdoróv)
• Spanish: vivito y coleando, vivo y coleando