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French
Etymology
Literally, “a hungry belly has no ears”. From the fable Le Milan et le Rossignol by Jean de La Fontaine.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɑ̃tʁ a.fa.me n‿a pwɛ̃ d‿ɔ.ʁɛj/
Proverb
ventre affamé n’a point d’oreilles
- words are wasted on a starving man; a hungry man is an angry man (you can't reason with someone who is hungry)