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Hunger seasons Food

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English:

“Hunger is the best sauce.”

“Hunger is good kitchen meat.”

French:


“Il nʹy a sauce que dʹappétit.”

“Lʹappétit assaisonne tout.”

Latin:


“Optimum condimentum fames.” (Socrates.)

“Optimum tibi condimentum est fames, potionis sitis.” (Cicero.)

“Manet hodieque vulgo tritum proverbium: Famem efficere ut crudæ etiam fabæ saccharium sapiant.” (Erasmus.)

Italian:


“La fame e il miglior intingolo.”

“Appetito non vuol salsa.”

The contrary:


“The full soul loatheth a honey-comb.” (Prov. xxvii. 7.)

“It must be a delicate dish to tempt the oʹergorged appetite.” (Southey.)

“He who is not hungry is a fastidious eater.” (Spanish.)

“Plenty makes dainty.”

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Hundred
Hundred
Hundred Days
Hundred-eyed (The)
Hundred-handed (The)
Hundred Miles (A)
Hundred Years War (The)
Hungarian
Hungary Water
Hunger seasons Food
Hungr (hunger)
Hungry
Hungry Dogs
Huniades, Hunniades, or Hunyady
Hunks
Hunt
Hunter
Hunter’s Moon (The)
Hunters and Runners
Hunting of the Hare