hale and hearty
2
4.6
- idiom
- /heɪl ənd ˈhɑrti/
:
sano y fuerte
- Despite his age, he remains hale and hearty, surprising everyone with his energy.
- looking hale and hearty
- hale and hearty as ever
- here I am, hale and hearty
Examples
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Breaking into tears, she said, 'He may be looking hale and hearty after the operation.'
Academic text (2004) -
Baltazar was a hale and hearty man.
Fiction book (1991) -
We never did as kids because it's expensive, and we all grew up perfectly hale and hearty.
Blog text (4) -
He was hale and hearty.
Blog text (17) -
Your grandad was hale and hearty 60 summers then he took a fall.
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He'd been hale and hearty and up to his usual tricks.
Fiction book (2002) -
A person can appear to be hale and hearty but may have non-visible physical conditions that preclude that person from assisting others.
Blog text (13) -
Dorothy is gone, but Phyllis, the best known of them, is still alive at 81, while Christine, the oldest, is hale and hearty at 86.
Blog text (22) -
At 80 years old, she is still hale and hearty, enjoying daily walks in the park.
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After a good check-up, the doctor assured him that he was hale and hearty.
Synonyms
8
3.2
Strong and healthy, full of energy
6
4.2
In very good health and full of energy
2
7.3
Strong and healthy, especially for an older person
Antonyms
How Healthy
- Archaic
1
5.8
112
3.9
87
4.1
2
4.6
695
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines two adjectives ('hale' and 'hearty') that both denote vigorous health, joined by the conjunction 'and', so the overall meaning 'healthy and strong' follows directly from the constituents. This additive, synonymous pairing is a transparent compositional pattern that a B1 learner who knows the individual words can readily interpret.
Etymology
Hale and hearty joins the old word hale meaning healthy and hearty meaning strong in heart and good appetite. Imagine a person with a strong body and a warm, full heart. That's why the phrase means 'healthy and strong'.