Hunger makes hard beans sweet. 
Proverbs on a similar topic
- Hunger is the best sauce.
- Poverty is not a shame; but the being ashamed of it is.
- Hunger drives the wolf out of the woods.
- Hungry bellies have no ears.
- Fat paunches have lean pates.
- When the pig has had a belly full, it upsets the trough.
- Wine has drowned more men than the sea.
- Fair words fill not the belly.
- The first glass for thirst, the second for nourishment, the third for pleasure and the fourth for madness.
- A hungry man smells meat afar off.
- To a full belly all meat is bad.
Related proverbs
Similar proverbs in another language
Latin
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Fames optimum condimentum.
Hunger is the best sauce.
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Nihil contemnit esuriens.
He who is hungry despises nothing.
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Ore dulcescit faba frigida, quando famescit.
A cold bean sweetens the mouth when it is hungry.
French
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Qui a faim mange tout pain.
The hungry eat all bread.
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Ventre affamé prend tout en gré.
A hungry belly takes everything in stride.
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A bon appétit il ne faut point de sauce.
A good appetite needs no sauce.
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Dents aiguës et ventre plat trouve tout bon qu'est au plat.
Sharp teeth and a flat stomach find everything good.
German
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Hunger macht saure Bohnen süß.
Hunger makes sour beans sweet.
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Hunger macht rohe Bohnen süß.
Hunger makes raw beans sweet.
Czech
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Lačný i těsto sní.
He'll eat the dough, too.
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Lačnému všechno k chuti.
Everything to the liking of the hungry.
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Hladovému všechno chutná.
Everything tastes good to the hungry.