"hunger is a good sauce" meaning in All languages combined

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Proverb [English]

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  1. (dated) Being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food. Tags: dated Synonyms: hunger is the best sauce, hunger is the best spice, hunger is the best pickle, hunger is the best seasoning Translations (being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food): الجوع كافر (Arabic), no hi ha millor salsa que la de sant Bernat (Catalan), a bona gana, és inútil la salsa (Catalan), dar hummar iz dar peste khoch (Cimbrian), hlad je nejlepší kuchař (Czech), sult er det bedste krydderi (Danish), honger is de beste saus (Dutch), nälkä on paras mauste (Finnish), il n’est condiment que d’appétit (French), il n’est sauce que d’appétit (French), Hunger ist der beste Koch (German), sultur gerir sætan mat (Icelandic), is maith an t-anlann an t-ocras (Irish), la fame è il miglior condimento (Italian), fames optimum condimentum (Latin), a fome é o melhor tempero (Portuguese), foamea este cel mai bun bucătar (Romanian), hungern är den bästa kryddan (Swedish), một miếng khi đói bằng một gói khi no (Vietnamese)
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      "sense": "being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food",
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      "sense": "being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food",
      "word": "la fame è il miglior condimento"
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