"the way to a man's heart is through his stomach" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1899, Jerome K. Jerome, “On the Preparation and Employment of Love Philtres”, in The Second Thoughts of An Idle Fellow",
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          "text": "I have often heard it said that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach, but every time I ever seen men and women keep waiting for their eats it was always the frail sex that give the first yelp, and personally I've often wondered what would of happened in the trenches Over There if ladies had of been occupying them when the rations failed to show up.",
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        "Cooking food for a man is a good way to win his affections."
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yào xiǎng zhuāzhù nánrén de xīn, xiān yào zhuāzhù nánrén de wèi",
          "sense": "cooking food for a man is a good way to win his affections",
          "word": "要想抓住男人的心，先要抓住男人的胃"
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          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "cooking food for a man is a good way to win his affections",
          "word": "de liefde van de man gaat door de maag"
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          "sense": "cooking food for a man is a good way to win his affections",
          "word": "armastus käib kõhu kaudu"
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          "sense": "cooking food for a man is a good way to win his affections",
          "word": "tie miehen sydämeen käy vatsan kautta"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "cooking food for a man is a good way to win his affections",
          "word": "Liebe geht durch den Magen"
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          "code": "el",
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          "roman": "i kardiá tou ándra perná ap' to stomáchi",
          "sense": "cooking food for a man is a good way to win his affections",
          "word": "η καρδιά του άνδρα περνά απ' το στομάχι"
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          "sense": "cooking food for a man is a good way to win his affections",
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          "sense": "cooking food for a man is a good way to win his affections",
          "word": "drumul spre inima unui bărbat trece prin stomac"
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          "roman": "putʹ k sérdcu mužčíny ležít čérez jevó želúdok",
          "sense": "cooking food for a man is a good way to win his affections",
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          "sense": "cooking food for a man is a good way to win his affections",
          "word": "láska ide cez žalúdok"
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          "sense": "cooking food for a man is a good way to win his affections",
          "word": "vägen till hjärtat går genom magen"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "cooking food for a man is a good way to win his affections",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "yào xiǎng zhuāzhù nánrén de xīn, xiān yào zhuāzhù nánrén de wèi",
      "sense": "cooking food for a man is a good way to win his affections",
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      "sense": "cooking food for a man is a good way to win his affections",
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      "sense": "cooking food for a man is a good way to win his affections",
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      "code": "de",
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      "roman": "i kardiá tou ándra perná ap' to stomáchi",
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      "sense": "cooking food for a man is a good way to win his affections",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "cooking food for a man is a good way to win his affections",
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