***More detailed info on autopens***. This is a review of the article The Elusive Autopen by Kevin Martin. It appeared in _Autograph Collector's Monthly_, Oct 1994. In respecting his copyright, I have chosen not to include it verbatim.
Confidence votes 246. On the mend means recovering, usually from an illness or injury.
An idiom that refers to a baseline level of respect or empathy for another person. To give someone the time of day means you acknowledge them, while not giving someone the time of day implies that you think you're better than the other person and wouldn't even let them know what time it was if they asked, let alone talk or associate with them. John wanted to date Susan, but she wouldn't even give him the time of day.