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Sangeldi Posted 19 years ago
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Is this an idiom?

0 I sometimes hear that : "an apple a day keeps the doctor away". Is it an idiom?0-
  

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0It's an "adage" or a "saying."02br
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00I believe it's attributed to Benjamin Franklin.0-
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0I believe it's attributed to Benjamin Franklin.02br
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0So who said, "An apple every eight hours keeps three doctors away"? 05002br
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01cite10CalifJim12cite10So who said, "An apple every eight hours keeps three doctors away"? 15012br
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10 01b01font01u00You02u00 did, CJ!02font02b00 010id2
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0The Collins dictionary:02br
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01b00aphorism02b00 01i00n02i00 a short pithy saying expressing a general truth; maxim. [C16: from Late Latin01i00 aphorismus,02i00 from Greek 01i00aphorismos02i00 definition, from 01i00aphorizein02i00 to define, set limits to, from
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10Nope! As far as I know, it was Kliban.02br
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