А20
ПИТАТЬСЯ АКРИДАМИ (И МЁДОМ (И ДИКИМ МЁДОМ))
lit,
occas. humorVPsubj:
humanusu. this
WO to eat poorly, limit one's food intake,
usu. as a form of self-denial
x питается акридами (и мёдом) - x lives (feeds) on locusts and wild honey.
From the Biblical account of John the Baptist, who lived in the wilderness and ate locusts and wild honey (Mark 1:6).