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Cultural Dictionary

in the pink

In good health: “Marsha has recovered from the flu and is feeling in the pink again.”

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
in the pink

  1. mod.
    feeling quite well; feeling on top of the world. : When she's in the pink again, she'll give you a ring.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Financial Dictionary

In the Pink

An informal expression used to describe a situation in which an investor or an economy is in a good financial position. More generally, it refers to being in the best of health or condition.

Investopedia Commentary

Blue chip stocks and healthy economies are examples of in-the-pink (or rosy) financial positions.

Related Links

Consumer Confidence: A Killer Statistic
Understanding Cycles - The Key To Market Timing

See also: Blue Chip, Boom, Bull Market, Large Cap, Mega Cap

Also spelled: in-the-pink

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Idioms & Phrases

in the pink

In good health, as in We're glad to hear Bob's in the pink again. In the 1500s pink meant "the embodiment of perfection," but the current idiom dates only from about 1900.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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