Citations:have a fable for

English citations of have a fable for

Verb: "(idiomatic) to have a fondness for something"

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• 2007, Helmut W. Horchler, Native Friendships, page 137:

  I had always had a fable for nudes. Unfortunately my wife did not feel the same way.

• 2009, Lewis Hyde, Common as Air: Revolution, Art, and Ownership, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2010), →ISBN, page 10:

  Here, too, we have a fable for a certain kind of citizenship, not a true attempt to educate, for Glickman's version of U.S. history is an astoundingly narrow reading of what the founders actually thought, as we shall see.

• 2009, Wilfried F. Voss, The Bleeding Hills, Copperhill Media Corporation (2009), →ISBN, page 38:

  “My mother, just like your wife, had a fable for Gaelic names, and Seamus is the Gaelic version of James.”

• 2010, Nina Uhlemeyer, "Fashion Now", The Original Bread & Butter Areas, page 12:

  The certified designer has a fable for art, architecture and interior design.

• 2012, "Exclusive Hot-Spot", Vienna Deluxe, Winter 2012, page 67:

  Those that have a fable for good music combined with excellent food will love the unique concept of this club!