way to a man's heart, the

How to win someone’s affection. This term, from the mid-nineteenth century, traditionally was completed “is through his stomach/belly,” meaning that a good meal would win his affection. Edward Albee gave it a cynical twist in his 1962 play Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Act 2): “Until you start ploughing pertinent wives, you really aren’t working. The way to a man’s heart is through his wife’s belly, and don’t you forget it.”

词组	way to a man's heart, the
释义	way to a man's heart, the way to a man's heart, the How to win someone’s affection. This term, from the mid-nineteenth century, traditionally was completed “is through his stomach/belly,” meaning that a good meal would win his affection. Edward Albee gave it a cynical twist in his 1962 play Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Act 2): “Until you start ploughing pertinent wives, you really aren’t working. The way to a man’s heart is through his wife’s belly, and don’t you forget it.” See also: way The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: cat got your tongue, has the more power to you/him/them bottle up feelings, to turn over in one's grave, (enough to make one) past history keep your eyes peeled/skinned cat that swallowed the canary, (look) like the bet one's bottom dollar, one can number's up, one's/your/his more (to it) than meets the eye
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