Word.ws English Dictionary

an army marches on its stomach

an army marches on its stomach proverb: one must eat properly if one wants to perform tasks well.

Proverb

an army marches on its stomach

  1. One must eat properly if one wants to perform tasks well.

an army marches on its stomach meaning in Thai

an army marches on its stomach in Thai

you must eat properly if you want to perform tasks well
กองทัพเดินด้วยท้อง gɔɔng-táp-dəən-dûai-tɔ́ɔng

Origin of an army marches on its stomach

Unknown. First attributed to Frederick the Great, and often attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte.

Questions about an army marches on its stomach

What does an army marches on its stomach mean?
An army marches on its stomach means one must eat properly if one wants to perform tasks well.
What is an army marches on its stomach in Thai?
An army marches on its stomach in Thai is กองทัพเดินด้วยท้อง (gɔɔng-táp-dəən-dûai-tɔ́ɔng). See An army marches on its stomach meaning in Thai.
What part of speech is an army marches on its stomach?
An army marches on its stomach is a proverb.

Words near an army marches on its stomach in the dictionary

  1. an angel passes
  2. an apple a day
  3. an apple a day keeps the doctor at bay
  4. an apple a day keeps the doctor away
  5. an arm and a leg
  6. an army marches on its stomach
  7. An Dương
  8. an egg's age
  9. an Englishman's home is his castle
  10. an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind
  11. an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: an army marches on its stomach (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “an army marches on its stomach.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/an_army_marches_on_its_stomach. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.