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buck fever	Excitement and nervousness felt by a new hunter upon seeing game.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
cabin fever	Boredom	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
English fever	Preoccupation or obsession with learning or promoting the learning of the English language.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
feed a cold, starve a fever	Eating more will cure the common cold, and eating less will cure a fever.1887, J. H. Whelan, "The Treatment of Colds.", The Practitioner, vol. 38, pg. 180:"Feed a cold, starve a fever." There is a deal of wisdom in the first part of this advice. A person with a catarrh should take an abundance of light nutritious food, and some light wine, but avoid spirits, and above all tobacco.1968, Katinka Loeser, The Archers at Home, publ. Atheneum, New York, pg. 60:I have a cold. 'Feed a cold, starve a fever.' You certainly know that.2009, Shelly Reuben, Tabula Rasa, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, ISBN 015101079X, pg. 60:They say feed a cold, starve a fever, but they don't tell you what to do when you got both, so I figured scrambled eggs, tea, and toast.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
fever pitch	Extreme excitement	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
I have a fever	Indicates that the speaker has an abnormally high body temperature, which is usually a symptom of a disease.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
spring fever	A feeling of invigoration and restlessness associated with the arrival of the warm weather and renewal of nature in the spring season.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
spring fever	A feeling of laziness or listlessness associated with the arrival of the warm, comfortable weather of the spring season.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
aestu et febri iactari	to have a severe attack of fever.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
I have a temperature	Synonym of I have a fever	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
j'ai une fièvre de cheval	I am in a high fever.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
trench mouth	Acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis, a severe bacterial infection of the gums, typically characterized by inflammation, bleeding, deep ulceration, necrotized tissue, pain, fever, enlarged lymph nodes, fatigue, and halitosis.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)