Meanings
- Cooking food for a man is a good way to win his affections.
Who invented that mischievous falsehood that the way to a man's heart was through his stomach? How many a silly woman, taking it for truth, has let love slip out of the parlour, while she was busy in the kitchen.
1899, Jerome K. Jerome, “On the Preparation and Employment of Love Philtres”, in The Second Thoughts of An Idle Fellow1 more example
I have often heard it said that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach, but every time I ever seen men and women keep waiting for their eats it was always the frail sex that give the first yelp, and personally I've often wondered what would of happened in the trenches Over There if ladies had of been occupying them when the rations failed to show up.
1921, Ring Lardner Sr., chapter 1, in The Big Town
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 要想抓住男人的心，先要抓住男人的胃
- 要想抓住男人的心，先要抓住男人的胃 (yào xiǎng zhuāzhù nánrén de xīn, xiān yào zhuāzhù nánrén de wèi)cooking food for a man is a good way to win his affections
Danish vejen til en mands hjerte går gennem maven
- vejen til en mands hjerte går gennem mavencooking food for a man is a good way to win his affections
Dutch de liefde van de man gaat door de maag
- de liefde van de man gaat door de maagcooking food for a man is a good way to win his affections
Estonian armastus käib kõhu kaudu
- armastus käib kõhu kauducooking food for a man is a good way to win his affections
Finnish tie miehen sydämeen käy vatsan kautta
- tie miehen sydämeen käy vatsan kauttacooking food for a man is a good way to win his affections
German Liebe geht durch den Magen
- Liebe geht durch den Magencooking food for a man is a good way to win his affections
Greek η καρδιά του άνδρα περνά απ’ το στομάχι
- η καρδιά του άνδρα περνά απ’ το στομάχι (i kardiá tou ándra perná ap’ to stomáchi)cooking food for a man is a good way to win his affections
Polish przez żołądek do serca
- przez żołądek do sercacooking food for a man is a good way to win his affections
Romanian drumul spre inima unui bărbat trece prin stomac
- drumul spre inima unui bărbat trece prin stomaccooking food for a man is a good way to win his affections
Russian путь к се́рдцу мужчи́ны лежи́т че́рез его́ желу́док
- путь к се́рдцу мужчи́ны лежи́т че́рез его́ желу́док (putʹ k sérdcu mužčíny ležít čérez jevó želúdok)cooking food for a man is a good way to win his affections
Slovak láska ide cez žalúdok
- láska ide cez žalúdokcooking food for a man is a good way to win his affections
Swedish vägen till hjärtat går genom magen
- vägen till hjärtat går genom magencooking food for a man is a good way to win his affections
Turkish erkeğin kalbine giden yol midesinden geçer
- erkeğin kalbine giden yol midesinden geçercooking food for a man is a good way to win his affections
Cite this entry
the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/the%20way%20to%20a%20man's%20heart%20is%20through%20his%20stomach
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