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Discover LudwigThe phrase 'a bad cold' is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it when describing the illness one is suffering from, such as in the example sentence, "I've been lying in bed all day with a bad cold."
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A bad cold, chest cold, coughing, and fever were often associated with the above-mentioned coldness entering the child through its fontanels or toes.
She caught a bad cold.
I got me a bad cold.
Oh, and with a bad cold.
I came down with a bad cold.
A bad cold or a bad night?
Mr. Kaufmann, nursing a bad cold, was absent that day.
Then she caught a bad cold, and never recovered.
Isn't 'flu just another name for a bad cold?
Joan had a bad cold and Richard was worried.
The weekend goes OK, but Kelly catches a bad cold.
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