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
Xochitl	-	Native American, Nahuatl, Spanish (Latin American)
Kane	[kein]
Banach	['ba:na:h]
Kiku	kee-koo	Japanese
Ervin	['ə:vin]
Ilie	-	Romanian