To be under the weather and to be off color, right. Next expression is a phrasal verb, and it means to pick something up or catch an illness. To come down with something means that you get ill with something, you become ill. So I'm not too good, actually. I think I'm coming down with something. And your friend says, oh, really?
This episode is filled with vocabulary relating to health, feeling ill, catching a cold and common symptoms. To read vocabulary notes (including lists of the phrasal verbs and expressions in this episode), click here https://teacherluke.co.uk/2010/03/26/health-feeling-ill-phrasal-verbs-expressions/
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