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Who's hungry?
By: Truman Overby Date: June 14, 2019, 8:34 am
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As some of you may have noticed, I tend to lean towards colorful
words and phrases in my writing. In everyday life it's the same,
for example, I'm rarely merely hungry or famished or empty or
ravenous or starving. No, I'm usually so hungry that I could eat
the bottom out of a bird cage. What colloquial phrase do you
have to convey that you're so hungry that you could eat a bowl
of maggots ;D
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Re: Who's hungry?
By: NealC Date: June 14, 2019, 10:17 am
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I was hungry enough to eat a horse, then I read the OP. Now I
want to throw up.
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Re: Who's hungry?
By: Truman Overby Date: June 14, 2019, 10:30 am
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[quote author=NealC link=topic=1157.msg16860#msg16860
date=1560525431]
I was hungry enough to eat a horse, then I read the OP. Now I
want to throw up.
[/quote]
Dogs eat their vomit. Chew on that little factoid for a while.
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Re: Who's hungry?
By: Susan Date: June 14, 2019, 10:33 am
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The artist formerly known as Truman Overby-- I think that is my
favorite of all your names so far.
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Re: Who's hungry?
By: NealC Date: June 14, 2019, 10:53 am
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My favorite factoid is: "All odors are particulates".
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Re: Who's hungry?
By: Nikola Date: June 14, 2019, 10:56 am
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Mám hlad jak vlk = I am hungry as a wolf (similar to Ho una fame
da lupo in Italian).
Hlady šilhám = I am going cross-eyed from hunger.
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Re: Who's hungry?
By: Truman Overby Date: June 14, 2019, 11:00 am
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My dad used to say that his big guts were eating his little
guts.
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Re: Who's hungry?
By: Nikola Date: June 14, 2019, 11:26 am
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OK, if you insist on talking about gross stuff, we also say:
Mám žízeň, že bych vypil mrtvýmu oko = I am so thirsty I
would drink a dead man's eye.
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Re: Who's hungry?
By: Truman Overby Date: June 14, 2019, 12:00 pm
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[quote author=Nikola link=topic=1157.msg16867#msg16867
date=1560529588]
OK, if you insist on talking about gross stuff, we also say:
Mám žízeň, že bych vypil mrtvýmu oko = I am so thirsty I
would drink a dead man's eye.
[/quote]
Correct me if I'm wrong but I think that's called cannibalism.
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Re: Who's hungry?
By: MartinSR Date: June 14, 2019, 4:57 pm
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[quote author=The Artist formerly known as Truman Overby
link=topic=1157.msg16869#msg16869 date=1560531639]
[quote author=Nikola link=topic=1157.msg16867#msg16867
date=1560529588]
OK, if you insist on talking about gross stuff, we also say:
Mám žízeň, že bych vypil mrtvýmu oko = I am so thirsty I
would drink a dead man's eye.
[/quote]
Correct me if I'm wrong but I think that's called cannibalism.
[/quote]
Or possibly scavenging (a new English word for me). Maybe
necrophagia (more understandable... to understand the meaning
not the behaviour).
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