• Buglefingers@lemmy.world
    50·
    2 months ago

    Apple a day keeps the doctor away. Kid tries to keep the “doctor” away so as to avoid the shot. “Doctor” is actually a nurse and would be unaffected by the apple even if the supposed saying were true

    TL;DR kid tries metaphor logic on wrong entity

    • stom@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      5·
      2 months ago

      Weird. It’s dentist, in the UK. It didn’t click that’s what they were alluding to until I read your comment

      • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
        9·
        2 months ago

        What? That doesn’t make any sense! Apples are FULL of sugar!!! Oh you Brits. Always doing things backwards. I remember when I visited London, and there I am, driving like normal on the correct side of the road…and there were issues.

        • Buglefingers@lemmy.world
          3·
          2 months ago

          I suppose like all metaphors it’s not a 1-1 in literal verbiage but more about the meaning it’s supposed to represent.

          The meaning it’s supposed to represent is: Eating healthy food will keep you healthier, and help you get ill less often. You won’t need medical treatment as much if you keep yourself healthy.

      • my_hat_stinks@programming.dev
        3·
        2 months ago

        I’m in the UK, it’s definitely “an apple a day keeps the doctor away” here. Maybe you just misheard as a kid?

        When I was in primary school someone in my class had to get all their teeth pulled, I have no idea how someone manages to rot their teeth so badly at around 5 years old. I don’t really have a point with that story, it just popped into my head and I had to share

        • stom@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          2·
          2 months ago

          Huh. I seeresults for both versions when googling, but it appears it was indeed originally doctor.