forbidden fruit is the sweetest
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Etymology edit
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 and do so anyway.
Proverb edit
forbidden fruit is the sweetest
- Forbidden things seem more appealing; people desire things more if (or, in some way, because) they can't have them.
Translations edit
forbidden things seem more appealing
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