apple a day

A truncation of the proverb "an apple a day keeps the doctor away," meaning small, healthful everyday habits will help prevent medical problems in the future. People consider me eccentric for my insistence on going for a walk at dawn each morning, but an apple a day, as they say!

apple a day

A small preventive treatment wards off serious problems, as in He exercises regularly-an apple a day is his motto. This idiom shortens the proverb An apple a day keeps the doctor away, first cited about 1630.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Rupa	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Nepali
Hippokrates	-	Ancient Greek
Hossein	-	Persian
Vipin	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam
Yngvildr	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Fredrika	fred-REE-kah (Swedish), FRED-ree-kah (Finnish)	Swedish, Finnish