/ · 1894 Brewer’s · H · Hungry Dogs
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Hungry dogs will eat dirty puddings.
“To the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.” (Prov. xxvii. 7.)
“When bread is wanting oaten cakes are excellent.”
Latin:—
“Jejunus raro stomachus vulgaria temnit.” (Horace.)
French:—
“A la faim il nʹy a point de mauvais pain.”
“A ventre affamé tout est bon.”
“Ventre affamé nʹa point dʹoreilles.”
Italian:—
“Lʹasino chi a fame mangia dʹogni strame.”
German:—
“Wem kase und brod nicht schmeckt, der ist nicht hungrig.”
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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