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Avoir l’estomac dans les talons (To be very hungry)

Avoir l’estomac dans les talons (To be very hungry)

Avoir l’estomac dans les talons is a French idiom that translates literally to “to have the stomach in the heels” and means to be very hungry or famished.

avoir l’estomac dans les talons

to be very hungry, famished

Avoir l'estomac dans les talons - French expression meaning to be very hungry, famished

Example sentences

Je n’ai pas mangé depuis ce matin et il est déjà 18h00. J’ai l’estomac dans les talons !

I haven’t eaten since this morning and it’s already 6pm. I’m famished!

Si tu ne prends pas ton petit-déjeuner, tu aura l’estomac dans les talons vers 11h.

If you don’t have your breakfast you’ll be starving around 11am.

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