MUSCOVITE Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
a jocelar warning to those havoing a sweet tooth
Hi,
In my mother tongue there are a few jocular "warnings" that we address to those who eat sugar and candy to excess. These cannot be translated into English "seamlessly" I am afraid... But the idea is clear enough of course (e.g., "don't eat too much candy because you risk losing your teeth in this case" - these is the mildest of what I can think of :-)
What sayings/idioms, applicable to those having an (excessively :-) sweet tooth, can the English language boast of?
mus-te
In my mother tongue there are a few jocular "warnings" that we address to those who eat sugar and candy to excess. These cannot be translated into English "seamlessly" I am afraid... But the idea is clear enough of course (e.g., "don't eat too much candy because you risk losing your teeth in this case" - these is the mildest of what I can think of :-)
What sayings/idioms, applicable to those having an (excessively :-) sweet tooth, can the English language boast of?
mus-te
Top answer
Don't eat that or you'll rot your teeth.
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MUSCOVITEWhat sayingsI rather like this one, though its meaning may be obscure without a hand gesture to indicate "waist".
I can't throw these cookies out. I think I'll let them go to waist rather than go to waste.
CJ
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