the way to a man's heart is through his stomach en · X
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Cooking food for a man is a good way to win his affections.
I have often heard it said that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach, but every time I ever seen men and women keep waiting for their eats it was always the frail sex that give the first yelp, and personally I've often wondered what would of happened in the trenches Over There if ladies had of been occupying them when the rations failed to show up.
1921, Ring Lardner Sr., chapter 1, in The Big Town:Who invented that mischievous falsehood that the way to a man's heart was through his stomach? How many a silly woman, taking it for truth, has let love slip out of the parlour, while she was busy in the kitchen.
1899, Jerome K. Jerome, “On the Preparation and Employment of Love Philtres”, in The Second Thoughts of An Idle Fellow:
Translations (13)
et armastus käib kõhu kaudu (cooking food for a man is a good way to win his affections) · tr erkeğin kalbine giden yol midesinden geçer (cooking food for a man is a good way to win his affections) · cmn 要想抓住男人的心，先要抓住男人的胃 (cooking food for a man is a good way to win his affections) · nl de liefde van de man gaat door de maag (cooking food for a man is a good way to win his affections) · ro drumul spre inima unui bărbat trece prin stomac (cooking food for a man is a good way to win his affections) · sv vägen till hjärtat går genom magen (cooking food for a man is a good way to win his affections) · de Liebe geht durch den Magen (cooking food for a man is a good way to win his affections) · da vejen til en mands hjerte går gennem maven (cooking food for a man is a good way to win his affections) · sk láska ide cez žalúdok (cooking food for a man is a good way to win his affections) · ru путь к се́рдцу мужчи́ны лежи́т че́рез его́ желу́док (cooking food for a man is a good way to win his affections) · el η καρδιά του άνδρα περνά απ’ το στομάχι (cooking food for a man is a good way to win his affections) · pl przez żołądek do serca (cooking food for a man is a good way to win his affections) · fi tie miehen sydämeen käy vatsan kautta (cooking food for a man is a good way to win his affections)