on the mend

English

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

on the mend

1. (of persons and their health) Healing or recovering, as from an injury or illness.

   My foot is on the mend but it still hurts to walk.

   • 2017, Velvel Pasternak, Behind the Music, Stories, Anecdotes, Articles and Reflections, page 44:

     My stress and frustration resulted in a spastic colon and the need for weeks of medication. While on the mend, another avenue [for funding] was suggested to me - individual Jewish philanthropists.

   • 2023 October 13, Jacob Steinberg, “‘They came to slaughter us’: Spurs fan shot by Hamas damns English football’s response”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     His neighbours somehow rescued him after he was shot in the face and back, and he is on the mend after life-saving surgery.

2. (figurative, of situations or things) Improving or undergoing restoration to a previous, more favorable condition.

   Our marriage went through a difficult time, but now it is on the mend.

Translations

Healing or recovering

• Hungarian: gyógyulófélben (hu)
• Italian: in via di guarigione

Improving

• Italian: in netto miglioramento