after dinner rest a while, after supper walk a mile
- after dinner rest a while, after supper walk a mile
The sense turns on the fact that dinner is a heavy meal, while supper is a light one. The precept was current in medieval Latin: post prandium stabis, post coenam ambulabis, after luncheon you will stand still, after supper you will walk about.
1582 G. WHETSTONE Heptameron of Civil Discourses E3 After dynner, talke a while, After supper, walke a mile.
1584 T. COGAN Haven of Health ccxi. That olde English saying: After dinner sit a whyle, and after supper walke a myle.
1979 Daily Telegraph 24 Dec. 3 ‘The physiological reaction to a heavy indigestible meal..seems to be to sleep it off.’ What it all seems to boil down to is the old adage: After dinner rest a while, after supper walk a mile.
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