appetite comes with eating

phrase

Starting an activity increases one's desire to continue it.

OriginFrench l'appétit vient en mangeant →
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Meanings

phrase
  1. idiomaticStarting an activity increases one's desire to continue it.

Origin

  1. Frenchl'appétit vient en mangeant
  2. Englishappetite comes with eating

Calque of French l'appétit vient en mangeant, first used by François Rabelais.

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Translations

Danish appetitten kommer mens man spiser
  • appetitten kommer mens man spiserstarting something increases your desire to continue it
Finnish ruokahalu kasvaa syödessä
  • ruokahalu kasvaa syödessästarting something increases your desire to continue it
French l'appétit vient en mangeant
  • l'appétit vient en mangeantstarting something increases your desire to continue it
German der Appetit kommt beim Essen
  • der Appetit kommt beim Essenstarting something increases your desire to continue it
Greek τρώγοντας έρχεται η όρεξη
  • τρώγοντας έρχεται η όρεξη (trógontas érchetai i órexi)starting something increases your desire to continue it
Italian l'appetito vien mangiando
  • l'appetito vien mangiandostarting something increases your desire to continue it
Japanese 隴を得て蜀を望む
  • 隴を得て蜀を望むstarting something increases your desire to continue it
Norwegian Bokmål appetitten kommer mens man spiser
  • appetitten kommer mens man spiserstarting something increases your desire to continue it
Polish apetyt rośnie w miarę jedzenia
  • apetyt rośnie w miarę jedzeniastarting something increases your desire to continue it
Romanian pofta vine mâncând
  • pofta vine mâncândstarting something increases your desire to continue it
Russian аппети́т прихо́дит во вре́мя еды́
  • аппети́т прихо́дит во вре́мя еды́ (appetít prixódit vo vrémja jedý)starting something increases your desire to continue it
Spanish el comer y el rascar, todo es empezar, el apetito viene comiendo
  • el comer y el rascar, todo es empezarstarting something increases your desire to continue it
  • el apetito viene comiendostarting something increases your desire to continue it
Swedish aptiten kommer medan man äter
  • aptiten kommer medan man äterstarting something increases your desire to continue it
Cite this entry
APA

appetite comes with eating. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/appetite%20comes%20with%20eating

MLA

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Chicago

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