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Hungry as a dog. In Latin, “Rabidus fame, ceu canis.”
Hungry as a hawk.
Hungry as a hunter.
Hungry as a kite. In Latin, Milvinam appententiam habēre.” (Plautus.)
Hungry as a wolf. In French, “Avoir une faim de loup.” Another French phrase is “Avoir un faim de diable.”
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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.