sound as a roach
adjective
Roget 654:
healthy,
healthful;
in health
etc.
n.;
well,
sound,
hearty,
hale,
fresh,
green,
whole;
florid,
flush,
hardy,
stanch,
staunch,
brave,
robust,
vigorous,
weatherproof.
unscathed,
uninjured,
unmaimed†,
unmarred,
untainted;
sound of wind and limb,
safe and sound.
on one's legs;
sound as a roach,
sound as a bell;
fresh as a daisy,
fresh as a rose,
fresh as April†;
hearty as a buck;
in fine feather,
in high feather;
in good case,
in full bloom;
pretty bobbish†,
tolerably well,
as well as can be expected.
sanitary
etc.
(health-giving)
656;
sanatory
etc.
(remedial)
662†.
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Roget 650:
perfect,
faultless;
indefective†,
indeficient†,
indefectible;
immaculate,
spotless,
impeccable;
free from imperfection
etc.
651;
unblemished,
uninjured
etc.
659;
sound,
sound as a roach;
in perfect condition;
scathless†,
intact,
harmless;
seaworthy
etc.
(safe)
644;
right as a trivet;
in seipso totus teres atque rotundus [Lat.]
[Horace];
consummate
etc.
(complete)
52;
finished
etc.
729.
best
etc.
(good)
648;
model,
standard;
inimitable,
unparagoned†,
unparalleled
etc.
(supreme)
33;
superhuman,
divine;
beyond all praise
etc.
(approbation)
931;
sans peur et sans reproche [Fr.].
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Roget 159:
strong,
mighty,
vigorous,
forcible,
hard,
adamantine,
stout,
robust,
sturdy,
hardy,
powerful,
potent,
puissant,
valid.
resistless,
irresistible,
invincible,
proof against,
impregnable,
unconquerable,
indomitable,
dominating,
inextinguishable,
unquenchable;
incontestable;
more than a match for;
overpowering,
overwhelming;
all powerful,
all sufficient;
sovereign.
able-bodied;
athletic;
Herculean,
Cyclopean,
Atlantean†;
muscular,
brawny,
wiry,
well-knit,
broad-shouldered,
sinewy,
strapping,
stalwart,
gigantic.
manly,
man-like,
manful;
masculine,
male,
virile.
unweakened†,
unallayed,
unwithered†,
unshaken,
unworn,
unexhausted†;
in full force,
in full swing;
in the plenitude of power.
stubborn,
thick-ribbed,
made of iron,
deep-rooted;
strong as a lion,
strong as a horse,
strong as an ox,
strong as brandy;
sound as a roach;
in fine feather,
in high feather;
built like a brick shithouse;
like a giant refreshed.
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