forbidden fruit

English

Etymology

With reference to Genesis 2:17: ‘But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.’ (KJV)

Pronunciation

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Noun

forbidden fruit (countable and uncountable, plural forbidden fruits)

1. (biblical) The fruit forbidden to Adam.
2. (idiomatic) Illicit pleasure.
3. Something desired that cannot be had.

   She was forbidden fruit because she's his teacher. This taboo made him want her even more.

4. A small variety of shaddock (Citrus maxima), or sometimes other citrus fruits.

Derived terms

• the forbidden fruit tastes the sweetest

 

Translations

the fruit forbidden to Adam

• Catalan: fruita prohibida
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 禁果 (zh) (jìnguǒ)

• Dutch: verboden vrucht m or f
• Estonian: keelatud vili
• Finnish: kielletty hedelmä
• French: fruit défendu (fr) m
• Georgian: აკრძალული ხილი (aḳrʒaluli xili)
• German: verbotene Frucht f
• Hebrew: הַפְּרִי הָאָסוּר m (haprí haasúr)
• Hungarian: tiltott gyümölcs
• Icelandic: forboðinn ávöxstur
• Indonesian: buah khuldi (id)
• Polish: zakazany owoc (pl) m
• Portuguese: fruto proibido m
• Russian: запре́тный плод (ru) m (zaprétnyj plod)
• Serbo-Croatian: zabranjeno voće n
• Spanish: fruto prohibido m
• Swedish: förbjuden frukt (sv) c

illicit pleasure

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 偷歡 / 偷欢 (tōuhuān)

• Finnish: kielletty hedelmä
• Georgian: აკრძალული ხილი (aḳrʒaluli xili)
• Hungarian: tiltott gyümölcs
• Polish: zakazany owoc (pl) m
• Portuguese: fruto proibido m
• Russian: запре́тный плод (ru) m (zaprétnyj plod)
• Spanish: fruto prohibido m

See also

• forbidden fruit is the sweetest