stay healthy — keep well
collocationB1IELTS 5+neutralcommon
to continue being in good physical or mental condition, often by making good choices about food, exercise, and lifestyle.
Say it like a native
Textbook It is important to maintain one's physical well-being.
Native It's important to stay healthy.
Natural; 'maintain one's physical well-being' is a brochure phrase.
Pattern: stay healthy
In use
- I try to eat lots of vegetables and exercise regularly to stay healthy.health
- In my opinion, it's important to stay healthy by having a balanced diet and getting enough sleep, especially when life gets busy.IELTS speaking
Common mistake
✗ I want to stay in health.
✓ I want to stay healthy.
'Stay healthy' (adjective), not 'stay in health'.
Common collocations
stay healthy— keep, fit and healthy, in order to, ways to
Don't confuse it
'Be healthy' means you are healthy now; 'stay healthy' means you keep being healthy in the future.