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Forbidden things seem more appealing; people desire things more if (or, in some way, because) they can't have them.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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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 by a serpent and do so anyway.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
كُلُّ مَمْنُوعٍ مَرْغُوب
(kullu mamnūʕin marḡūb)
— forbidden things seem more appealing
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Burmese:
ခိုးစားတဲ့ သစ်သီးက ပိုချိုတယ်
(hkui:ca:tai. sacsi:ka. puihkyuitai)
— forbidden things seem more appealing
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Chinese Mandarin:
禁果分外甜
(jìnguǒ fēnwài tián)
— forbidden things seem more appealing
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Czech:
zakázané ovoce chutná nejlépe
— forbidden things seem more appealing
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Danish:
forbuden frugt smager bedst
— forbidden things seem more appealing
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Finnish:
kielletty hedelmä houkuttelee
— forbidden things seem more appealing
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Finnish:
kielletty hedelmä houkuttaa
— forbidden things seem more appealing
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French:
le fruit défendu est celui qui a le meilleur goût
— forbidden things seem more appealing
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German:
verbotene Früchte schmecken am besten
— forbidden things seem more appealing
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German:
verbotene Früchte sind süß
— forbidden things seem more appealing
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Hungarian:
a tiltott gyümölcs mindig édesebb
— forbidden things seem more appealing
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Italian:
il frutto proibito è il più saporito
— forbidden things seem more appealing
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Japanese:
禁断の木の実が一番甘い
(kindan no konomi ga ichiban amai)
— forbidden things seem more appealing
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Polish:
zakazany owoc smakuje najlepiej
— forbidden things seem more appealing
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Polish:
owoc zakazany jest najsłodszy
— forbidden things seem more appealing
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Portuguese:
tudo que é proibido é mais gostoso
— forbidden things seem more appealing
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Russian:
запре́тный плод сла́док
(zaprétnyj plod sládok)
— forbidden things seem more appealing
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Serbo-Croatian:
забрањено во̀ће је најслађе во̀ће
— forbidden things seem more appealing
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Serbo-Croatian:
zabranjeno vòće je najslađe vòće
— forbidden things seem more appealing
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Spanish:
la fruta prohibida es la más dulce
— forbidden things seem more appealing
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Swedish:
förbjuden frukt smakar bäst
— forbidden things seem more appealing
