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Clean bill of health What does Clean bill of health mean?
To be found healthy.
I visited the doctor today and was given a clean bill of health. This widely used term has its origins in the "Bill of Health", a document issued to a ship showing that the port it sailed from suffered from no epidemic or infection at the time of departure.
clean bill of health What does clean bill of health mean?
the assurance that an animal or person is healthy
The astronaut was given a clean bill of health before he began training.
clean bill of health What does clean bill of health mean?
a report or certificate that a person or animal is healthy
The doctor gave me a clean bill of health when I visited him last month.
clean bill of health What does clean bill of health mean?
the assurance that an animal or person is healthy
The astronaut was given a clean bill of health before he began training.
clean bill of health What does clean bill of health mean?
a report or certificate that a person or animal is healthy
My doctor gave me a clean bill of health when I visited him last month.
Don't even think about going into Chicago's housing projects unless you are armed to the teeth. This is a pirate phrase originating in Port Royal Jamaica in the 1600's. Having only single shot black powder weapons and cutlesses, they would carry many of these weapons at once to keep up the fight. In addition they carried a knife in their teeth for maximum arms capability.
you will suffer the results of your own actions, you are responsible for your actions
The man refused to wear his rubber boots when he went out in the rain. Now he must spend the day wearing wet clothes. He made his bed and now he must lie on it.