dome doctor Idiom
an apple a day keeps the doctor away
eat one apple each day for good health "Mom gave me an apple, saying, ""An apple a day... ."""
couch doctor
a psychoanalyst who puts his patients on a couch He was sent to see a couch doctor after his continued problems at work.
just what the doctor ordered
exactly what is needed or wanted Having the extra day off from work was just what the doctor ordered and he was able to get his many errands finished.
spin doctor
a speech writer, an advisor to a politician The spin doctor told us to say disability, not handicap.
doctor
to tamper with and arrange for one's own purposes; to falsify; to adulterate
Doctor Crippen
London Cockney rhyming slang for dripping
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
Eating an apple every day can help to keep you healthy. Other interpretation : A small preventive treatment wards off serious problems.
couch doctor|couch|doctor
n.,
slang,
colloquial A psychoanalyst who puts his patients on a couch following the practice established by Sigmund Freud.
I didn't know your husband was a couch doctor, I thought he was a gynecologist!
doctor up|doctor
v. phr. To meddle with; adulterate.
You don't have to doctor up this basic salad with a lot of extras as I am trying to lose weight.
just what the doctor ordered|doctor|just|order|ord
n. phr.,
informal Exactly what is needed or wanted.
"Ah! Just what the doctor ordered!" exclaimed Joe when Mary brought him a cold soda.dome-doctor
slang A analyst or psychiatrist. "Dome" is argot appellation for "head." The byword is usually acclimated in a aspersing way. Ugh, I don't appetite to see a dome-doctor and allocution about my feelings.dome-doctor
n. a analyst or psychiatrist. The dome-doctor lets me allocution while he keeps score.
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