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A list of phrases related to the word "health"

WebCask strength ( The strength of whiskey during its cask storage phase ) Clean bill of health. Disease marketing. Dish fit for the gods ( the meaning and origin of this phrase

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You Are What You Eat

WebThe American nutritionist Victor. Lindlahr coined and popularised. the expression 'You are what you. eat'. In 1942, the phrase entered into the public consciousness when Lindlahr …

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Early To Bed And Early To Rise Makes And Man Healthy

WebThe length and precision of this proverb leave little room for interpretation as to its meaning. Like many improving mottos, for example ‘a rolling stone gathers no moss‘ and ‘a stitch …

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An apple a day keeps the doctor away

WebIn 1913, Elizabeth Wright recorded a Devonian dialect version and also the first known mention of the version we use now, in Rustic Speech and Folk-lore: “Ait a happle avore …

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Physician, Heal Thyself

WebWhat's the meaning of the phrase 'Physician heal thyself'? Attend to one’s own faults, in preference to pointing out the faults of others. The phrase alludes to the readiness and …

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As Fit As A Fiddle

WebWhen this phrase was coined ‘fit’ was used to mean ‘suitable, seemly’, in the way we now might say ‘fit for purpose’. Thomas Dekker, in The Batchelars Banquet, 1603 referred to …

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Home Is Where The Heart Is

WebThe poem ‘Tis home where the heart is, which was published in 1829 in several US newspaper, including this piece in The Fayetteville Weekly Observer: The mother with …

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A change is as good as a rest

WebThe idea expressed in the proverb is first found in the Christian Gleaner and Domestic Magazine, 1825: Change of work is as good as play. This isn’t the source of the phrase …

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Honesty Is The Best Policy

WebWhat's the origin of the phrase 'Honesty is the best policy'? This proverb is first found in the writings of Sir Edwin Sandys, the English politician and colonial entrepreneur, who was …

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Sticks and stones may break my bones

WebThe earliest citation of it that I can find is from an American periodical with a largely black audience, The Christian Recorder, March 1862: Remember the old adage, ‘Sticks and …

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Hell has no fury like a woman scorned

WebNor Hell a Fury, like a Woman scorn’d. Theatregoers of the day would have understood the meaning of ‘scorned woman’ as something more specific than the present day meaning. …

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