forbidden fruit is the sweetest
English
Alternative forms
- the forbidden fruit tastes the sweetest
Etymology
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
forbidden fruit is the sweetest
- Forbidden things seem more appealing; people want things more if (or, in some way, because) they can't have them.
Translations
forbidden things seem more appealing
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