| 单词 | an apple a day keeps the doctor away |
| 释义 | > as lemmasan apple a day keeps the doctor away P7. an apple a day keeps the doctor away and similar phrases. ΚΠ 1866 Notes & Queries 24 Feb. 153/2 A Pembrokeshire proverb. Eat an apple on going to bed, And you'll keep the doctor from earning his bread. 1898 19th Cent. Apr. 644 There is no food so palatable, so wholesome, as fruit: ‘An apple a day, no doctor to pay.’ 1899 Youth's Compan. 10 Aug. 398/3 An apple a day sends the doctor away. 1913 E. M. Wright Rustic Speech xiv. 238 Ait a happle avore gwain to bed, An' you'll make the doctor beg his bread (Dev[on]); or as the more popular version runs: An apple a day Keeps the doctor away. 1922 S. Lewis Babbitt (1961) i. 13 Of course I eat an apple every evening—an apple a day keeps the doctor away. 1934 Washington Post 30 Oct. 4/4 Testimonials to the truthfulness of that old saw about an apple a day keeping the doctor away. 2006 Lincs. Echo (Nexis) 29 Aug. 13 An apple a day may keep the doctor away, but a glass of cider a day is even better for your health. < as lemmas |
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