appetite comes with eating

appetite comes with eating

English

Etymology

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

Phrase

appetite comes with eating

1. (idiomatic) Starting an activity increases one's desire to continue it.

Translations

starting something increases your desire to continue it

Danish: appetitten kommer mens man spiser Finnish: ruokahalu kasvaa syödessä French: l'appétit vient en mangeant (fr) German: der Appetit kommt beim Essen (de) Greek: τρώγοντας έρχεται η όρεξη (trógontas érchetai i órexi) Italian: l'appetito vien mangiando Japanese: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: Bokmål: appetitten kommer mens man spiser Polish: apetyt rośnie w miarę jedzenia (pl) Romanian: pofta vine mâncând Russian: аппети́т прихо́дит во вре́мя еды́ (ru) (appetít prixódit vo vrémja jedý) Spanish: el comer y el rascar, todo es empezar, el apetito viene comiendo Swedish: aptiten kommer medan man äter