Χροῒ δῆλα
clear in the skin
Translated by David Whitehead16 Nov 2001Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
They say that Pherekydes the sage died after contracting lice; and when Pythagoras arrived and asked how he was, he pushed his finger through the doorway and said: "clear in the skin". And this led to grammarians giving the phrase the meaning "getting worse". Those who use it in the sense of "everything is fine" are wrong.