After dinner sit awhile, after supper walk a mile.

The proverb recommends two different responses to meals: take a short rest after dinner, then go for a walk after supper.

Its broader advice is to make room for both rest and movement in a daily routine, rather than treating every meal as a reason to remain seated.

Use it when discussing habits around meals or suggesting a gentle evening walk. Its rhyme makes the advice easy to remember and gives it a conversational tone.