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    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/forbidden_fruit_is_the_sweetest

    forbidden fruit is the sweetest

    Etymology

    A reference to the story in the Bible in which God tells Adam and Eve not to eat the forbidden fruit, but they are tempted and do so anyway.

    Proverb

    • Forbidden things seem more appealing; people desire things more if (or, in some way, because) they can’t have them.