idiom
hunger is the best sauce
HUNG-ger iz the BEST SAWSS
ˈhʌŋɡər ɪz ðə bɛst sɔːsListen
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Syllable breakdown
hungeristhebestsauce
Dictionary meaning
when you are truly hungry, even plain food tastes delicious; desire and deprivation make things more satisfying than any enhancement could; attributed to Socrates and echoed by Cervantes in Don Quixote
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