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a moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips

a moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips proverb: indulgence in food and drink gives a brief period of sensory pleasure but tends to increase one's body weight in the long term.

Proverb

a moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips

  1. (dieting) Indulgence in food and drink gives a brief period of sensory pleasure but tends to increase one's body weight in the long term.

Questions about a moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips

What does a moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips mean?
A moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips means indulgence in food and drink gives a brief period of sensory pleasure but tends to increase one's body weight in the long term.
What part of speech is a moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips?
A moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips is a proverb.

Words near a moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips in the dictionary

  1. A minor
  2. A minus
  3. A minuses
  4. a miss is as good as a mile
  5. a mite
  6. a moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips
  7. A negative
  8. a new broom sweeps clean
  9. a new broom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows all the corners
  10. a new broom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners
  11. a new broom sweeps clean, but the old broom knows the corners

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