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
Zuza	-	Slovak, Polish
Culhwch	KEEL-hookh (Welsh)	Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Felice	[fə'li:s]
Monty	MAHN-tee	English
Morin	['mɔ:rin]
Edmonda	-	Italian