hunger

Related to hunger: World hunger

(strictly) from hunger

Of very poor quality; terrible. His first novel showed a lot of promise, but his second one was really from hunger. The plot is nonexistent, the acting is mediocre at best, and the jokes are strictly from hunger. Don't waste your time or your money on this stinker.
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from hunger

Not very good, interesting, or appealing. That dumb show is just from hunger—usually, there's something better on TV.
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he who sleeps forgets his hunger

proverb You do not notice your hunger when you are sleeping. We don't have anything else to eat, so why don't we just go to bed? He who sleeps forgets his hunger, right?
See also: forget, he, hunger, sleep, who

hunger after (something)

To strongly desire something. Want to stop at McDonald's? I'm hungering after some of their fries. If she's not hungering after a medal, there's no way she'll be able to beat her fellow competitors.
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hunger for (something)

To have an intense desire, yearning, or need for something. Even from a young age he hungered for knowledge, devouring any he could get his hands on. Growing up in such a small, secluded town, I constantly hungered for romance and adventure.
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hunger is a good sauce

proverb Food tastes better when one is hungry. Don't worry too much about what to feed the hikers. Hunger is a good sauce, and they're going to love whatever you serve them.
See also: good, hunger, sauce

hunger is the best sauce

proverb Food tastes better when one is hungry. Don't worry too much about what to feed the hikers. Hunger is the best sauce, and they're going to love whatever you serve them.
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hunger is the best spice

proverb Food tastes better when one is hungry. Don't worry too much about what to feed the hikers. Hunger is the best spice, and they're going to love whatever you serve them.
See also: hunger, spice
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

hunger after something

Fig. to crave for something, not necessarily food. I hunger after some old-fashioned gospel music. Mary hungered after something fattening, such as ice cream or even a baked potato with sour cream.
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hunger for someone or something

to desire someone or something; to yearn for someone or something. I hunger for you. I want you madly. He looked at the cake and you could see he was hungering for it. The prisoner was consumed with a hunger for freedom.
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Hunger is the best sauce.

Prov. Everything tastes especially good when you are hungry, because you are so eager to eat it. After our twenty-mile hike, we stopped at a little roadside restaurant. It may have been that they made the most delicious food in the world there, or it may have been that hunger was the best sauce.
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(strictly) from hunger

Sl. very mediocre; acceptable only when nothing else is available. This kind of entertainment is from hunger. The singer was strictly from hunger.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

(strictly) from hunger

mod. very strange; acceptable only when nothing else is available. The singer was strictly from hunger.
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from hunger

verb
See strictly from hunger
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McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • (strictly) from hunger
  • from hunger
  • strictly
  • strictly from hunger
  • a hungry belly has no ears
  • I'm terrible at names
  • I'm terrible with/at names
  • hit the spot
  • hit the spot, to
  • perish with
References in classic literature
"All this night I had no sleep; but the hunger was now turned into a disease; and I had a terrible colic and griping, by wind instead of food having found its way into the bowels; and in this condition I lay till morning, when I was surprised by the cries and lamentations of my young master, who called out to me that his mother was dead.
Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
It was in July 1998, after seeing successive media reports of serious hunger in the country, particularly in Mindanao, that SWS first put the topic of hunger in one of its quarterly Social Weather Surveys.
The SWS history of hunger
Tampa, FL, August 14, 2019 --(PR.com)-- Tampa Bay Network to End Hunger (TBNEH) releases update to its Hunger Gap Map, which provides an interactive picture of the emergency food supply and demand by zip code in a three-county area - Hillsborough, Pasco and Pinellas counties.
Network to End Hunger Releases Update to Hunger Gap Map for Hillsborough, Pasco, and Pinellas Counties
Slightly more Filipino families are saying they have experienced involuntary hunger at least once in the past three months, based on the second quarter of 2019 Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey results.
More Filipinos experienced 'involuntary' hunger in last 3 months
Travel Business Review-June 26, 2019-United Airlines employees pack 1m meals for Rise Against Hunger
United Airlines employees pack 1m meals for Rise Against Hunger
M2 EQUITYBITES-June 26, 2019-United Airlines employees pack 1m meals for Rise Against Hunger
United Airlines employees pack 1m meals for Rise Against Hunger
When Freda is not coaching she can be found out walking or keeping up with her boys and their hectic football lifestyle Manage your hunger WE ALL know hunger is the desire to eat, but did you know there are two forms - internal hunger and external?
WELLNESS
Hunger is the single most acute problem Africa's children face.
Hungry children a human, economic crisis
Five Palestinian prisoners have been on open-ended hunger strike for several days in protest at their detention administratively, with no trial or indictment.
Five Palestinian administrative detainees in Israeli jails on hunger strike for several days
Malacanang on Thursday said government's efforts to bring down prices and efficiently deliver basic services to the poor and marginalized are finally beginning to bear fruit after a recent poll showed that fewer Filipino families had experienced hunger in the first quarter of 2019.
Palace lauds recent survey result on hunger incidence
RAMALLAH, Thursday, April 25, 2019 (WAFA) -- A Palestinian prisoner in Israel who has been on hunger strike for one month in protest against his unending administrative detention without charge or trial ended it today after he was told that his incarceration would not be renewed past October 23, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS), which said that four other prisoners are continuing their hunger strike for the same reason.
Palestinian prisoner in Israel ends month-long hunger strike as four others continue
Summary: Duterte to order creation of inter-agency task force focused on hunger eradication
13.7 million Filipino children 'undernourished'
The Inland Marine Underwriters Association (IMUA) announced that this year's 89th Annual Meeting will include an afternoon devoted to The Rise Against Hunger project.
The IMUA Rises Against Hunger
Hunger and malnutrition are the leading causes of death in the world.
Zero hunger