Hard: Fit as a fiddle
Hard: Fit as a fiddle
Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast for you to learn football English one word at a time. We have three different levels for you: easy, medium and hard.
This episode is hard so we’re looking at more difficult football phrases and idioms.
Summary
Learn more football vocabulary with Premier Skills English. Each lesson in our Premier Vocabulary section looks at one football word or phrase. This lesson looks at the phrase as fit as a fiddle.
You can find more lessons on the side of this page.
Transcript
Rich: Hello my name’s Rich and welcome to Premier Skills English - Premier Vocabulary.
Jack: Hi there! I’m Jack. We’re here to help you with your football English.
Rich: Remember you can find transcripts for all of our podcasts on the Premier Skills English website.
Jack: Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast for you to learn football English one word at a time.
Rich: We have three different levels for you: easy, medium and hard.
Jack: This episode is hard so we’re looking at more difficult football phrases and idioms. These phrases can be used to talk about football but are often useful when talking about other topics.
Rich: The phrase we are looking at in this episode is: as fit as a fiddle.
Jack: We’ve been looking at words and phrases connected to fitness and health in our podcasts recently and this is another one.
Rich: In this episode, we’re also going to look at the structure of the idiom as there are many idioms that follow this pattern: as plus adjective plus as to say one thing is the same as another.
Jack: As fit as a fiddle means to be in good physical shape or condition.
Rich: You need to be as fit as a fiddle to play professional sports.
Jack: That’s true. We also use the phrase as fit as a fiddle to talk about people who have been sick and are now better.
Rich: A player may have been ill and a journalist may ask how the player is:
Jack: Mohammed Salah was out of action with a virus last week. Is he going to be involved this weekend?
Rich: Definitely. He’s as fit as a fiddle and raring to go.
Jack: We often use this phrase to describe older people who are very healthy. My grandmother is in her nineties and she’s as fit as a fiddle.
Rich: As fit as a fiddle is an idiomatic expression but it’s also a simile. A simile is an expression that compares one thing with another.
Jack: There are lots of them in English. Here are a few other examples that you might hear when speaking about football. What do you think they mean?
Rich: That’s great defending. She put her head right in the danger zone. As brave as a lion.
Jack: He’s been steady as a rock at the back today. Nothing’s got past him.
Rich: The ball breaks loose and as quick as a flash it’s in the back of the net. A great goal.
Jack: That’s a foul. As clear as day. It’s got to be a penalty.
Rich: You may have noticed that the first as in these similies is optional - we often omit it when we are speaking but it doesn’t change the meaning.
Jack: There is the final whistle!
Rich: We’ll be back soon with more Premier Vocabulary from Premier Skills English.
Jack: Bye for now and enjoy your football.
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Are you as fit as a fiddle?
Can you think of a player to suit the other similes we introduced in this episode?
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01/04/2023
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Readin show!!
01/04/2023 20:10
Chelsea
1339
Readin show!!
08/10/2022
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He is as fit as a fiddle, despite the injury he had in the last game.
08/10/2022 20:37
Chelsea
74
He is as fit as a fiddle, despite the injury he had in the last game.
20/03/2022
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I’m not as fit as a fiddle because my right knee has arthritis for ten years.
20/03/2022 11:27
Manchester United
738
I’m not as fit as a fiddle because my right knee has arthritis for ten years.
16/08/2022
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In the words of Lucas Leiva: Unluckkkkkyyyy
16/08/2022 20:44
Liverpool
14
In the words of Lucas Leiva: Unluckkkkkyyyy
28/05/2021
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Not really, but I'm commited to reach that!
Gabriel Jesus is fast as a leopard.
28/05/2021 17:55
Arsenal
1512
Not really, but I'm commited to reach that!
Gabriel Jesus is fast as a leopard.
25/01/2021
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Could be Van Dijk.
25/01/2021 20:58
Wolverhampton Wanderers
100
Could be Van Dijk.
13/12/2020
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-I will be as fit as a fiddle.
-Guardiola is as overrated as Laporte.
-Kane's shoot is as quick as a rocket.
-Sadio Mane is the most underrated player in the premier league.
13/12/2020 14:33
Leicester City
48
-I will be as fit as a fiddle.
-Guardiola is as overrated as Laporte.
-Kane's shoot is as quick as a rocket.
-Sadio Mane is the most underrated player in the premier league.
11/12/2020
points
I think Bruno Fernandes is the best player in United nowadays .
He is as brave as a lion.
Van Dijk’s been steady as a rock at the back of Liverpool defense.
I think Thierry Henry scored lots of great goals.
He was as quick as a flash.
Burnley defenders play the game physically well but lots of their tackles should be penalties as clear as day.
11/12/2020 11:59
Manchester United
6539
I think Bruno Fernandes is the best player in United nowadays .
He is as brave as a lion.
Van Dijk’s been steady as a rock at the back of Liverpool defense.
I think Thierry Henry scored lots of great goals.
He was as quick as a flash.
Burnley defenders play the game physically well but lots of their tackles should be penalties as clear as day.
11/12/2020
points
Well , I used to be as fit as a fiddle before the pandemic and lockdown issues whereas I'm working hard to return back to my old days as fit as a fiddle
11/12/2020 11:52
Manchester United
6539
Well , I used to be as fit as a fiddle before the pandemic and lockdown issues whereas I'm working hard to return back to my old days as fit as a fiddle
10/12/2020
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Ox-lade-Chamberlain appears to be as strong as an Ox. :-)
10/12/2020 18:14
Liverpool
6578
Ox-lade-Chamberlain appears to be as strong as an Ox. :-)
10/12/2020
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Raring to play any time, Jamie Vardy is always as quick as a flash, causing an opponent to get trembling like a leaf.
10/12/2020 18:09
Liverpool
6578
Raring to play any time, Jamie Vardy is always as quick as a flash, causing an opponent to get trembling like a leaf.
10/12/2020
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Van Dijk is usually as steady as a rock at the back of the Reds' defensive lines.
10/12/2020 18:06
Liverpool
6578
Van Dijk is usually as steady as a rock at the back of the Reds' defensive lines.
10/12/2020
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Yesterday Shakhtar's goalie Trubin performed as brave as a lion, saving a lot.
10/12/2020 18:05
Liverpool
6578
Yesterday Shakhtar's goalie Trubin performed as brave as a lion, saving a lot.
10/12/2020
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It's clear as a day that sometimes various VAR referees' solutions seem as crazy as a loon.
10/12/2020 18:02
Liverpool
6578
It's clear as a day that sometimes various VAR referees' solutions seem as crazy as a loon.
10/12/2020
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After a good head-shaving, Pep Guardiola looks as bald as a coot.
10/12/2020 17:59
Liverpool
6578
After a good head-shaving, Pep Guardiola looks as bald as a coot.
10/12/2020
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Romelu Lukaku in yesterday's match against Shakhtar was as blind as a bat.
10/12/2020 17:55
Liverpool
6578
Romelu Lukaku in yesterday's match against Shakhtar was as blind as a bat.
10/12/2020
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I'm not as fit as a fiddle: being a bit under the weather, I've been out of tune for a while.
10/12/2020 17:49
Liverpool
6578
I'm not as fit as a fiddle: being a bit under the weather, I've been out of tune for a while.
10/12/2020
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Are you as fit as a fiddle?
I feel healthy but I can’t say “as fit as fiddle” maybe "as strong as spider web" could be right-:)
Note: Scientists proved that, spider silk is five times stronger than steel.
Can you think of a player to suit the other similes we introduced in this episode?
This week, Tottenham’s player “Son Heung-Min” was one of the best scorer. He was "as fast as cheetah".
10/12/2020 15:59
Tottenham Hotspur
5560
Are you as fit as a fiddle?
I feel healthy but I can’t say “as fit as fiddle” maybe "as strong as spider web" could be right-:)
Note: Scientists proved that, spider silk is five times stronger than steel.
Can you think of a player to suit the other similes we introduced in this episode?
This week, Tottenham’s player “Son Heung-Min” was one of the best scorer. He was "as fast as cheetah".