rheumatics
/rʊˈmatɪks
/plural noun [usually treated as singular] informal
Rheumatism; rheumatic pains: he was plagued with the rheumatics the pain of her rheumatics had eased...
- Nothing special about a touch of the rheumatics, I tell myself.
- There was nothing I could do but put a brave face on it and go after them, but now my rheumatics are playing up something rotten and my truss is all rusty.
- I have rheumatics in the spine now and I've been in hospital three times with my stomach.
- take-off speed
- take on
- take one for the team
- take one's chance
- take one's courage in both hands
- take one's cue from
- take oneself off
- take one's hat off to
- take one's leave
- take one's life in one's hands
- take one's medicine
- take one's place
- take one's seat
- take one's time
- take (or bear) the consequences
- take (or bring) someone down a peg or two
- take (or catch) someone's fancy
- take (or draw) someone aside
- take (or draw) someone to/on one side
- take (or get) a pounding
- take (or get) one's lumps
- take (or have) a punt at
- take (or have) pity
- take (or lift) the lid off (or lift the lid on)
- take (or pick) up the slack