What is In The Pink?
1.
A reference to a woman's genitalia (indicative of the pink flesh, of course), specifically referring to intercourse or penetration.
Sally: "So what happened with Jake last night?"
Veronica: "He was in the pink, and it was good."
Or
Bill: "You put the cucumber WHERE?"
Tom: "In the pink."
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2.
Being healthy, having a rosy glow
She looked so well, she was "in the pink"
3.
In good health. In the 1500s pink meant "the embodiment of perfection," but the current idiom dates only from about 1900.
Also a very poignant poem by Seigfried Sassoon.
It's good to hear that Jim's in the pink again, considering how sick he was yesterday.
