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English
Pronunciation
Adjective
alive and kicking (not comparable)
- (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)
- Scots: chavin awa (Doric)
- Scottish Gaelic: ag èirigh 's a' gearan
- Spanish: vivito y coleando, vivo y coleando
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