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Hungry

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Hungry as a dog. In Latin, “Rabidus fame, ceu canis.”

Hungry as a hawk.

Hungry as a hunter.

Hungry as a kite. In Latin, Milvinam appententiam habēre.” (Plautus.)

Hungry as a wolf. In French, “Avoir une faim de loup.” Another French phrase is “Avoir un faim de diable.”

 

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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 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
Hunting the Gowk
Hunting the Snark

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