In exceptionally good health, peak physical condition, or flourishing spirits.
"After a few weeks of rest and nourishing food, he is back in the pink."
"Our grandmother celebrated her ninetieth birthday in the pink of health."
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Invokes color symbolism and cultural chromatic associations ('pink').
From the historic use of the flower "pink" (Dianthus) as the supreme archetype of excellence and beauty, famously used in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet ("I am the very pink of courtesy").
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