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Reply Fri 17 Dec, 2004 10:58 am
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Arriving at Mr.Chen's house, we sat down; to our surprise Mr.Chen told us at once -- "Today you should congratulate me." Seeing that we were puzzled, Mr. Chen paused, explaining that he suffered vein thrombus before and had to stay in hospital for more than two months not long ago; but he went to hospital to examine it at today's morning, and the thrombus disappeared. Having understood this, we hurried to say good news, good news indeed. Mr.Chen was joyful like a child, saying continually: Yes, good news, good news.
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Region Philbis
 
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Reply Fri 17 Dec, 2004 11:20 am
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We arrived at Mr. Chen's house. Fearing the worst, we sat down and waited for him to speak.

To our surprise, Mr. Chen smiled and said, "Today you should congratulate me."

Seeing that we were puzzled, Mr. Chen went on to explain that he had been in the hospital for two months with a vein thrombus. This morning he saw his doctor, and was given a clean bill of health.

Elated, we went over to contratulate him. We laughed and talked for hours.

oristarA wrote:
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Arriving at Mr.Chen's house, we sat down; to our surprise Mr.Chen told us at once -- "Today you should congratulate me." Seeing that we were puzzled, Mr. Chen paused, explaining that he suffered vein thrombus before and had to stay in hospital for more than two months not long ago; but he went to hospital to examine it at today's morning, and the thrombus disappeared. Having understood this, we hurried to say good news, good news indeed. Mr.Chen was joyful like a child, saying continually: Yes, good news, good news.
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Vivien
 
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Reply Fri 17 Dec, 2004 01:32 pm
in England you would say a deep vein thrombosis or DVT
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oristarA
 
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Reply Fri 17 Dec, 2004 08:44 pm
Thank RP and Vivien.

Doesn't "a clean bill of health" refer to the bill that proves the holder of the bill has no infection? But a vein thrombus is not infection at all.
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Region Philbis
 
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Reply Sat 18 Dec, 2004 03:32 am
"a clean bill of health" is another way of saying everything's hunky-dory Smile
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oristarA
 
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Reply Sat 18 Dec, 2004 05:20 am
Nice. Very Happy
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Vivien
 
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Reply Sat 18 Dec, 2004 08:39 am
it had its origins in that for sure but you can even use it colloquially to say that your car had a clean bill of health from the garage!
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