• АППЕТИТ ПРИХОДИТ ВО ВРЕМЯ ЕДЫ••
[saying]
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⇒ your interest in or desire for sth. grows as you practice, experience, or learn it:
- appetite comes (grows) with eating;
- ≈ eating and scratching (drinking) want but a beginning.
♦ "Пока чай дойдёт, закусите", - Алферов обвёл рукой стол. "Спасибо, чай попью, а есть не хочу, завтракал". - "Ну, ну, смотрите, а захотите - ешьте, аппетит приходит во время еды" (Рыбаков 2). "Have a bite while the tea is brewing," he [Alferov] said, indicating the food. "Thank you, I'll have some tea, but I won't eat. I've already had breakfast," Sasha replied. "Well, just look and if you feel like it, eat something. The appetite grows with eating" (2a).