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hunger is a good sauce

proverb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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proverb

Meaning 1

Being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hunger is the best sauce, hunger is the best spice, hunger is the best pickle, hunger is the best seasoning

Antonyms: none provided

History

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Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: الجوع كافر — being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food
  • Catalan: no hi ha millor salsa que la de sant Bernat — being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food
  • Catalan: a bona gana, és inútil la salsa — being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food
  • Cimbrian: dar hummar iz dar peste khoch — being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food
  • Czech: hlad je nejlepší kuchař — being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food
  • Danish: sult er det bedste krydderi — being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food
  • Dutch: honger is de beste saus — being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food
  • Finnish: nälkä on paras mauste — being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food
  • French: il n’est condiment que d’appétit — being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food
  • French: il n’est sauce que d’appétit — being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food
  • Galician: a boa fame non hai pan duro — being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food
  • German: Hunger ist der beste Koch — being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food
  • Icelandic: sultur gerir sætan mat — being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food
  • Irish: is maith an t-anlann an t-ocras — being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food
  • Italian: la fame è il miglior condimento — being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food
  • Latin: fames optimum condimentum — being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food
  • Portuguese: a fome é o melhor tempero — being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food
  • Romanian: foamea este cel mai bun bucătar — being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food
  • Scottish Gaelic: is math an còcaire an t-acras — being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food
  • Swedish: hungern är den bästa kryddan — being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food
  • Vietnamese: một miếng khi đói bằng một gói khi no — being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food