Health Metaphors, Analogies and Similes

There were a lot of doctors in rehab. It's rather like being in a fat farm with nutritionists.

Robin Williams

One quick demolition job back then involving asbestos was for him the Titanic-glancing-the-iceberg.

It would hardly be a surprise if I researched my family tree and found a genetic input from Billy Bunter.

You should be able to tell the difference between medicine and 'certified' past-life regression hypnotherapy; like waking up from a disgraceful dream and looking for blood on your hands.

I felt like a boxer was sparring with the inside of my skull.

Just as modern people consumes too many calories, similarly, informational workers debauch data to excess and from non-productive sources.

You are doubly unlucky if you have a heart attack during a game of charades.

Everyone's conversation about somebody else takes the form of a diagnosis.

Praise is the best diet for us, after all.

Sydney Smith

The ticket man told me the train times with the foreboding of a sick man pronouncing the full name of his disease.

The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet and Doctor Merryman.

Jamal's ego is more sensitive than an electrocardiograph.

Fashions are only induced epidemics, proving that epidemics can be induced by tradesmen.

George Bernard Shaw

Kindness is the essential vitamin of the soul.

When I have gout, I feel as though I am walking on my eyeballs.

After my annual review meeting I needed a Valium the size of hockey puck.

In their company you can catch the influenza of the xenophobe.

A merry heart does you good like medicine.

Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.

Lord Byron

Poisons and medicine are often the same substance given with different intents.

An injury engraves itself on metal; a benefit is written on the waves.

Trans-fats furring up our bodies like old kettles.

Fast food outlets are petrol stations for human beings.

A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools.