get a yen for (something)
get a yen for (something)
To get a craving or desire for something. Though I quit smoking years ago, I still get a yen for a cigarette from time to time. I'm getting a yen for something sweet—let's go out for ice cream!
See also: get, yen
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- (it's) (a)bout time
- about time
- any time means no time
- any time
- anytime
- about time too
- at all hours
- at all hours (of the day and night)
- any old time
- ahead of (someone's or something's) time