A growing youth has a wolf in his belly



A growing youth has a wolf in his belly.

Prov. Young people who are growing fast are hungry all the time. If you doubt that a growing youth has a wolf in his belly, you should see how much my fourteen-year-old cousin eats.
See also: belly, grow, wolf, youth

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Caecilius-Ancient Roman
Kuroukoo-ṙo:Japanese
Birgittabir-YIT-tah (Swedish), bir-GIT-tah (Swedish), BEER-geet-tah (Finnish)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Finnish
SebastiÁNse-bah-STYAHNSpanish
Seumas-Scottish
Abhijit-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali