Complete Definition of "forbidden fruit"

English
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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)

Noun
en-noun|sg=forbidden fruit

  1. The fruit forbidden to w:Adam|Adam.
  2. idiom Illicit pleasure; something that one should not take or get involved with, such as an another person's spouse.

See also
forbidden fruit is the sweetest

Translations

Catalan: fruita prohibida
Dutch: verboden vrucht
Estonian: keelatud vili
Finnish: kielletty hedelmä
French: fruit interdit
German: verbotene Frucht f
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Icelandic: forboðinn ávöxstur
Russian: зап�е�н�й плод m
Swedish: förbjuden frukt c

fr:forbidden fruit

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