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hale and hearty

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hale and hearty
Cliché healthy. The young infant was hale and hearty. The calf—hale and hearty—ran around the barnyard.
See also: and, hale

hale and hearty
an old person who is hale and hearty is still very healthy and strong At 77 he is hale and hearty, getting up at six every morning to walk three miles.
See also: and, hale


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Whole ages have fled and their works decayed, And nations have scattered been; But the stout old Ivy shall never fade, From its hale and hearty green.
Tal had not sufficiently recovered from the jaguar wounds to go with the party, but the old man, in spite of his years, was hale and hearty and capable of withstanding hardships.
Toft that you are still hale and hearty, and I do most heartily wish you many years yet of health and vigour.
 
 
 
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