Tag: contract
Contract
Word of the Day: Contract No, I’m not talking about a legal document today. This contract is the verb form, which means to catch an illness or disease. For example, you can catch the flu, but you can also contract the flu. Of course, getting the flu vaccine each year would help to reduce the severity…
Bedridden
Word of the Day: Bedridden Influenza season is just around the corner, and unfortunately, that means some people will contract it and become bedridden. A person who is bedridden is very sick or hurt and unable to get out of bed. If a person contracts influenza, it knocks them off their feet so that the…
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
Proverb: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure The proverb An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure can be applied to almost anything. It is always easier to prevent things from happening than to recover after something has happened. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure means…
