forbidden fruit

English

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Etymology

With reference to Genesis 2:17: ‘But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.’ (KJV)

Noun

forbidden fruit (plural forbidden fruits)

1. The fruit forbidden to Adam.
2. (idiomatic) Illicit pleasure; something that one should not take or get involved with, such as an another person's spouse.

See also

• forbidden fruit is the sweetest

Translations

Translations

Catalan: fruita prohibida Croatian: zabranjeno voće (hr) n. Dutch: verboden vrucht Estonian: keelatud vili Finnish: kielletty hedelmä French: fruit défendu (fr) m., plaisir défendu (fr) m.

Georgian: აკრძალული ხილი (ka) ('akr'dza'luli khi'li) German: verbotene Frucht f. Icelandic: forboðinn ávöxstur Russian: запретный плод m. Spanish: fruto prohibido (es) m. Swedish: förbjuden frukt c.