proverb · Words worth keeping
Laugh and grow fat.
Laugh and grow fat.
Historical period not yet established
Understand the thought
Meaning in plain English
Laughing and growing fat connects cheer with bodily flourishing in an exaggerated image. It gives enjoyment a positive value.
What the words are saying
The bodily phrase is not a clinical claim that laughter causes weight gain or guarantees health. A responsible reading permits welcome humour without ranking bodies, prescribing laughter or dismissing distress. The supplied positive-health gloss does not establish a treatment effect or a universal response.
Everyday example
Someone welcomes a shared joke when it is wanted without expecting it to change a person’s health or body.
When to use it
Use it to explain the cheer-and-flourishing image without a medical prescription.
What it does not mean
No clinical effect, weight change or required emotional response is established.
Agent-assisted editorial interpretation. This explains the words; it does not by itself verify their author or earliest origin.
Attribution & collection notes
- Author or tradition
- Traditional
Attribution: traditional - Country attributed
- Not established
A country attribution does not establish the earliest origin. - Historical period
- Historical period not yet established
No sufficiently supported historical placement has been established. Import and download dates are not treated as composition dates. - Recorded source
- Contributor-provided proverb reference
Supplied reference A; unit 927; PDF page 129
A collection's publication date can be later than the words it records.