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单词 a full womb speaks lightly of hunger
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a full womb speaks lightly of hunger
a. a full womb speaks lightly of hunger and variants: people are complacent about the prospect of hunger (or other difficulties) so long as their immediate needs are being met. Obsolete.
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a1225 (?c1175) Poema Morale (Lamb.) l. 145 in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 169 Ful wombe mei lihtliche speken of hunger and of festen.
c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 49 (MED) Þe fulle womb disputiþ litly of fastyng.
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