One idea · 3 languages

“Make one's mouth water”in other languages

Make you want something, especially food.

  • English
  • French
  • Portuguese
English
make one's mouth water
French
Mettre l'eau à la bouche literally To put water in the mouth
Portuguese
estar com água na boca literally To have water in the mouth
Behind the words

Same idea, different pictures

All three describe the same reflex: good food on the way and the mouth fills with water. French puts water in the mouth, mettre l'eau à la bouche, and Portuguese has it already, estar com água na boca.

In all three it soon spread beyond food, to anything tempting.

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