ventre affamé n'a point d'oreilles

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French

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Etymology

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Literally, a hungry belly has no ears. From the fable Le Milan et le Rossignol by Jean de La Fontaine.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /vɑ̃tʁ a.fa.me n‿a pwɛ̃ d‿ɔ.ʁɛj/

Proverb

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ventre affamé n’a point d’oreilles

  1. words are wasted on a starving man; a hungry man is an angry man (you can't reason with someone who is hungry)