Fit
Fit adjective - Enjoying health and vigor.
Usage example: eat well and stay fit
Sick
Sick adjective - Temporarily suffering from a disorder of the body.
Usage example: those coworkers who always seem to get sick immediately before or after long holiday weekends
Both words in one sentence
- Overnight a tonic for the sick became cool as a miracle drink for the super-fit and those who aspired to be super-fit.
Source: Bottled Cool -
Thomas Mann's novel Confessions of Felix Krull subverts this: The character knows that the doctors are very generous in declaring even sick people fit for the army; so he instead fakes being a sick but enthusiastic guy, who plays down his obvious-but-fake maladies.
Source: Draft Dodging -
Drives Like Crazy: Magiru only drives once to take Ken home when he is sick, but wow does she fit the bill.
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