głodnemu chleb na myśli
Polish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Literally, “[a] hungry person has bread on their mind”.
Pronunciation edit
Proverb edit
- (idiomatic) someone who wants something will not stop thinking nor talking about that given thing; tongue ever turns to the aching tooth
- (humorous, idiomatic) used in response to a Freudian slip to imply that the interlocutor deeply desires the thing they accidentally said
Further reading edit
- głodnemu chleb na myśli in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- głodnemu chleb na myśli in Polish dictionaries at PWN