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have a yen for
Idioms and Phrases
Crave or desire, as in I have a yen for a thick juicy steak . The yen in this expression comes from the Chinese yan , meaning “a craving” (probably for opium). The term was first recorded in English in 1906.Example Sentences
A true food craving is sort of a slow burn — like when you, say, have a yen for Thai food — that will smolder until you eventually satisfy it, which could legitimately be days later when you have a chance to go to your favorite Thai restaurant.
I’m telling you about this in hope that someone out there might have a yen for a bungalow court.
A true craving is more of a slow burn — like when you have a yen for a favorite dish or cuisine that you haven’t enjoyed for a while — that will smolder until you eventually satisfy it.
Sure, if you have a yen for a throwback action movie.
You don’t even need fancy ingredients — just eggs, cream, milk and sugar and whatever flavorings and mix-ins you might have a yen for.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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