have a yen for

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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Killian	-	Irish, French
Lizzie	LIZ-ee	English
Yaara	-	Hebrew
Percy	PUR-see	English
Nisha	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Gujarati, Bengali, Nepali
Franciscus	frahn-SIS-kus (Dutch)	Late Roman, Dutch