Clean bill of health

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Origin of Phrases - C

Clean bill of health

Meaning: To be healthy.

Example: I visited the doctor today and was given a clean bill of health.

Origin: 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.