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What are some colloquial ways to express in French "alive and kicking" (meaning alive and healthy) as in the following examples
- A: "How are you doing after your surgery?"
- B: "I'm alive and kicking!"
She ran a marathon late in life, just to prove she was still alive and kicking.
After years of slow earnings, the industry is now alive and kicking.
I am thinking about plein de vie, (être) bien vivant. Other ways?
A very common phrase: être en plein forme
Comment ça va depuis ton opération ?
Je suis en pleine forme.
Some more colloquial phrases:
Too long for a comment. Of course "péter la forme" as a translation of "alive and kicking" is not so bad, but it misses a key point of that English expression, related to the "kicking" which means almost literally that, nonetheless you are alive, but you are also able to kick a ball as a player, say a basketball player.
An other important point in that expression is that it is twofold: first you are alive, but, much better, you are kicking. I would suggest
-- Comment allez-vous ?
-- Ecoutez, je suis en vie et performant.
For a person (especially an old one), you can say "bon pied, bon œil".
