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"ref": "1854, Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman, Punch, Vol. XXVI, Punch Publications Ltd., page 74",
"text": "His bread and cheese were somewhat dry, to be sure; his ale had become flat, and considerably warmer than was desirable; but hunger is a good sauce, and thirst is not particular.",
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"Being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food."
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"(dated) Being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food."
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"word": "hunger is the best sauce"
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"word": "hunger is the best spice"
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{
"word": "hunger is the best pickle"
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"word": "hunger is the best seasoning"
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food",
"word": "الجوع كافر"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food",
"word": "no hi ha millor salsa que la de sant Bernat"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food",
"word": "a bona gana, és inútil la salsa"
},
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"code": "cim",
"lang": "Cimbrian",
"sense": "being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food",
"word": "dar hummar iz dar peste khoch"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food",
"word": "hlad je nejlepší kuchař"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food",
"word": "sult er det bedste krydderi"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food",
"word": "honger is de beste saus"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food",
"word": "nälkä on paras mauste"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food",
"word": "Hunger ist der beste Koch"
},
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"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food",
"word": "sultur gerir sætan mat"
},
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food",
"word": "is maith an t-anlann an t-ocras"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"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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"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food",
"word": "fames optimum condimentum"
},
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food",
"word": "a fome é o melhor tempero"
},
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food",
"word": "foamea este cel mai bun bucătar"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food",
"word": "hungern är den bästa kryddan"
}
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}
],
"word": "hunger is a good sauce"
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"word": "hunger is the best pickle"
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{
"word": "hunger is the best seasoning"
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food",
"word": "الجوع كافر"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food",
"word": "no hi ha millor salsa que la de sant Bernat"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food",
"word": "a bona gana, és inútil la salsa"
},
{
"code": "cim",
"lang": "Cimbrian",
"sense": "being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food",
"word": "dar hummar iz dar peste khoch"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food",
"word": "hlad je nejlepší kuchař"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food",
"word": "sult er det bedste krydderi"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food",
"word": "honger is de beste saus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food",
"word": "nälkä on paras mauste"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food",
"word": "Hunger ist der beste Koch"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food",
"word": "sultur gerir sætan mat"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food",
"word": "is maith an t-anlann an t-ocras"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food",
"word": "la fame è il miglior condimento"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food",
"word": "fames optimum condimentum"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food",
"word": "a fome é o melhor tempero"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food",
"word": "foamea este cel mai bun bucătar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food",
"word": "hungern är den bästa kryddan"
}
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"word": "hunger is a good sauce"
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