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George Hart, Reader's Digest

(May 1977)

If at first you don't recede--diet, diet again.

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[new man] {n.} A person who has become very much better. * /Diet and exercise made a new man of him./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

(1916-1987) U.S. comedian The second day of a diet is always easier than the first. By the second day you're off it. www.english-slang.com

(--1978) U.S. comedienne I've been on a diet for two weeks and all I've lost is fourteen days. www.english-slang.com

(1950--), Metropolitan Life, 1978. Food is an important part of a balanced diet. www.english-slang.com

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