hale and hearty

Idioms  

1. In robust good health, as in After her long bout with pneumonia, I was glad to see her hale and hearty. This redundant expression, since both hale and hearty here mean “healthy,” probably survives owing to its pleasing alliteration. [Mid-1800s]

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Example Sentences

The initiatives — often funded by health care systems and insurance companies with a vested interest in a hale and hearty population — promote solutions like smoking bans, biking paths and group activities that foster a sense of belonging.

From New York Times

Keep that in mind when taking the pulse of broadcast and cable in its current state, which is far from hale and hearty.

From Salon

Gaining any new clarity about surging reports of unidentified anomalous phenomena, or UAP, will take time, better data gathering and diagnostic tools and, perhaps most importantly, a hale and hearty dose of nit-picking scientific scrutiny.

From Scientific American

He was never entirely hale and hearty after that.

From Los Angeles Times

Back in 1995 he is no longer ailing, but hale and hearty and 40-something himself.

From Los Angeles Times