głodnemu chleb na myśli
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Polish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “[a] hungry person has bread on their mind”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proverb
[edit]- (idiomatic) someone who wants something will not stop thinking nor talking about that given thing; tongue ever turns to the aching tooth
- (humorous, idiomatic) used in response to a Freudian slip to imply that the interlocutor deeply desires the thing they accidentally said
Further reading
[edit]- głodnemu chleb na myśli in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- głodnemu chleb na myśli in Polish dictionaries at PWN