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A list of phrases related to the word "health"

Glow with health. Going strong. Good coffee is like friendship: rich and warm and strong ( Pan-American Coffee Bureau advertising slogan ) Guinness gives you strength ( Guinness advertising slogan ) Have a fit. Health and wellness. Health, wealth and happiness. Hissy fit. If you have your health you have everything.

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A list of phrases related to the word "healthy"

WebA buck well spent ( Springmaid Sheets advertising slogan ) A healthy mind in a healthy body. Alive and well. All the news that's fit to print ( New York Times advertising slogan ) …

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The saying 'Early to bed and early to rise makes and man …

WebNote: the Middle English word zely comes down to us now as 'silly'.This has numerous meanings, commonly 'foolish'. The 1486 meaning was 'auspicious; fortunate'. So 'holy …

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The saying 'In the pink'

WebThe earliest citations of 'in the pink' are from the 16th century and, at that time, the meaning was 'the very pinnacle of something', but not necessarily limited to health. The earliest …

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The saying 'You are what you eat'

Webthe expression 'You are what you. eat'. In 1942, the phrase entered into the public consciousness when Lindlahr published You Are What You Eat: how to win and keep …

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A list of phrases about illness and disease.

WebRing a ring o'roses, a pocketfull of posies, atishoo, atishoo, all fall down.

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The saying 'Below par'

WebThe terms are frequently applied to a person's health - when feeling less fit and healthy than normal we might say that we are 'below par'. The most common use of 'par' in modern …

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A list of phrases related to the word "fitness"

WebGlow with health. Guinness gives you strength ( Guinness advertising slogan ) Health and wellness. Health, wealth and happiness. If you have your health you have everything. In …

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The saying 'Physician, heal thyself'

WebAttend to one's own faults, in preference to pointing out the faults of others. The phrase alludes to the readiness and ability of physicians to heal sickness in others while …

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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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Free at the point of use

WebIn the UK this is normally used to describe the National Health Service, and it probably originated with the NHS. The phrase appears in The Times in July 1973 - "we …

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Phrases and Sayings, with meanings and origins explained.

WebHere are 400+ American Expressions, with their meanings and origins. English Proverbs. Proverbs define our language. Here are 650 English proverbs, with their meanings and …

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The saying 'Bless you'

WebAnother health related theory is that a person needs to be blessed after a sneeze because of the notion that the heart temporarily stops when sneezing and help may be needed to …

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The saying 'Lily-livered'

WebBy contrast, a robust liver supplying ample blood was thought to create rosy cheeks glowing with ruddy good health. References to 'ruddy' meaning 'healthy' date from the 14th …

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The saying 'How do you do'

WebThe association with 'do' as specifically relating to one's health is first found in print in The Paston Letters, 1463: I wold ye shuld send me word howghe ye doo. The Paston Letters …

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The saying 'Home is where the heart is'

WebThe maiden with her lover walks, The mother with her child. The poem, although virtually doggerel, has a good claim to be the source of the expression 'home is where the heart …

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The saying 'As fit as a fiddle'

WebWhat's the origin of the phrase 'As fit as a fiddle'? Of course the 'fiddle' here is the colloquial name for violin. 'Fit' didn't originally mean healthy and energetic, in the sense it is often …

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A thing of beauty is a joy forever

WebFrom John Keats' epic poem, Endymion, 1818: A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: Its loveliness increases; it will never. Pass into nothingness; but still will keep. A bower quiet …

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The saying 'To err is human'

WebThe proverbial phrase 'To err is human' is often heard in its fuller form 'To err is human; to forgive, divine.'. This makes sense of the notion that the originator, the English poet …

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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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See a pin and pick it up, all the day you'll have good luck

WebIt covers the same ground as ' take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves ', i.e. an encouragement to believe that thrift in small things will bring a …

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The saying 'A rising tide lifts all boats'

WebThe speech which introduced this phrase to many people was given by Kennedy in 1963, when he promised the continued defense of Europe: As they say on my own Cape Cod, …

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