forbidden fruit is the sweetest

English

Alternative forms

• the forbidden fruit tastes the sweetest

Etymology

A reference to the story in the Bible in which God tells Adam and Eve not to eat the forbidden fruit, but they are tempted and do so anyway.

Proverb

forbidden fruit is the sweetest

1. Forbidden things seem more appealing; people desire things more if (or, in some way, because) they can't have them.

Translations

forbidden things seem more appealing

• Arabic: كُلُّ مَمْنُوعٍ مَرْغُوب (kullu mamnūʕin marḡūb)
• Burmese: ခိုးစားတဲ့ သစ်သီးက ပိုချိုတယ် (hkui:ca:tai. sacsi:ka. puihkyuitai)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 禁果分外甜 (jìnguǒ fēnwài tián)

• Czech: zakázané ovoce chutná nejlépe
• Danish: forbuden frugt smager bedst
• Finnish: kielletty hedelmä houkuttelee, kielletty hedelmä houkuttaa
• French: le fruit défendu est celui qui a le meilleur goût
• German: verbotene Früchte schmecken am besten, verbotene Früchte sind süß
• Hungarian: a tiltott gyümölcs mindig édesebb (hu)
• Italian: il frutto proibito è il più saporito
• Japanese: 禁断の木の実が一番甘い (きんだんのこのみがいちばんあまい, kindan no konomi ga ichiban amai)
• Polish: zakazany owoc smakuje najlepiej, owoc zakazany jest najsłodszy
• Portuguese: tudo que é proibido é mais gostoso
• Russian: запре́тный плод сла́док (zaprétnyj plod sládok)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: забрањено во̀ће је најслађе во̀ће

  Roman: zabranjeno vòće je najslađe vòće

• Spanish: la fruta prohibida es la más dulce
• Swedish: förbjuden frukt är ljuv

See also

• the grass is always greener
• the grass is always greener on the other side