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• Forbidden Fruit — Album par Nina Simone Sortie 1961 Enregistrement 1960 61 Durée 37:18 Genre Jazz Producteur Cal Lampley …   Wikipédia en Français

• Forbidden fruit — Forbidden For*bid den, a. Prohibited; interdicted. [1913 Webster] I know no spells, use no forbidden arts. Milton. [1913 Webster] {Forbidden fruit}. (a) Any coveted unlawful pleasure, so called with reference to the forbidden fruit of the Garden… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• forbidden fruit — forbidden fruits N VAR Forbidden fruit is a source of pleasure that involves breaking a rule or doing something that you are not supposed to do. ...the forbidden fruit of an illicit romance …   English dictionary

• forbidden fruit — n. 1. the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, forbidden to Adam and Eve: Gen. 2:17; 3:3 2. any sinful or forbidden pleasure …   English World dictionary

• forbidden fruit — Something enjoyable that is illegal or immoral is forbidden fruit …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• forbidden fruit — [n] taboo desired object, golden apple, illicit love, no no*, prohibition; concepts 532,687 …   New thesaurus

• forbidden fruit — ► forbidden fruit a thing that is desired all the more because it is not allowed. [ORIGIN: with biblical allusion to the Book of Genesis, chapter 2.] Main Entry: ↑forbid …   English terms dictionary

• Forbidden fruit — The term forbidden fruit is a metaphor that describes any object of desire whose appeal is a direct result of the knowledge that it cannot or should not be obtained or something that someone may want but cannot have. The phrase refers to the Book …   Wikipedia

• forbidden fruit — noun originally an apple from the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden; it is now used to refer to anything that is tempting but dangerous (as sexuality) • Hypernyms: ↑temptation, ↑enticement * * * noun 1. : an immoral… …   Useful english dictionary

• Forbidden Fruit — Infobox Album Name = Forbidden Fruit Type = Album Artist = Nina Simone Released = 1961 Recorded = New York City 1961 Genre = Vocal Jazz Blues Folk Length = Label = Colpix Records Producer = Cal Lampey Reviews = Last album = Nina Simone at Newport …   Wikipedia

• forbidden fruit — n. something that is attractive because it is denied to one. (From the Garden of Eden in the Bible.) □ A new car became Ralph’s forbidden fruit. □ Liquor was forbidden fruit for Jed …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions