Proverbs are pithy, well-known sayings that offer advice or words of encouragement or warning. Yet they are used in everyday English without much thought ever being given to their meanings or, indeed, usefulness.
An Apple a Day turns the spotlight on sayings that we take for granted, examining their often surprising or fascinating origins, their use, and why they are true - or, sometimes, aren't
From wise saws originating with the Old Testament and other ancient texts, by way of practical sayings that have gone into the language, to relatively modern gems often coined by poets, writers or philosophers, An Apple a Day shows that most proverbs are as useful today as they were when they were newly minted.