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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a touch of flu" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a mild case of influenza or flu-like symptoms.
Example: "After feeling under the weather for a few days, I realized I had a touch of flu and decided to rest at home."
Alternatives: "a hint of flu" or "a bit of flu".
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A touch of flu then, even though it's June?
Moreover, since the invention of those MRI scanning machines fast bowlers also have a tendency to suffer from stress fractures as frequently as the rest of us pick up a touch of flu in winter.
Darryll Holland, chasing up Kieren Fallon in the Flat jockeys' championship race, notched a winner on Jazzy Millennium for Rod Millman in the seller race but later gave up his last ride due to a touch of flu.
Mrs Readman said he had not been aware of any heart condition and "apart from a touch of flu" had never had any health problems.
Ramirez had a touch of flu Tuesday, but his selection by the Giants made him feel a lot better.
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Then as now, the catch phrase was "a touch of the flu". The flu rolled in every winter, enveloping people in a fog and fever that lasted a few days and lingered for a week or two.
He had not been getting much sleep, and he had a touch of the flu.
Food poisoning, especially mild cases, is often shrugged off as a stomach virus, a touch of the flu or indigestion.
A "touch of the flu" kills up to 646,000 people worldwide each year, sometimes as many as 56,000 of them in the United States.
Mrs. Ramsey said that he had a touch of the flu, and wanted her to stand in for him, and pay his respects should Robert Frost appear.
"He (Hudson) said he had had a touch of the flu for up to 48 hours.
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