proverb · Words worth keeping
People get fed up even with honey.
People get fed up even with honey.
Historical period not yet established
Understand the thought
Meaning in plain English
Even honey becoming tiresome uses something pleasant to show that enjoyment can change with repetition. The saying questions an expectation of endless satisfaction.
What the words are saying
The image is not a dietary claim or a rule that every pleasure inevitably disappoints. Preferences, circumstances and amounts differ. A useful application can notice changing interest and make room for variety without condemning appreciation or promising that novelty will solve every dissatisfaction.
Everyday example
Someone varies a repeated activity after noticing interest has changed.
When to use it
Use it to discuss changing enjoyment rather than prescribe consumption.
What it does not mean
No dietary guidance or universal loss of enjoyment is established.
Agent-assisted editorial interpretation. This explains the words; it does not by itself verify their author or earliest origin.
Attribution & collection notes
- Author or tradition
- Traditional
Attribution: traditional - Country attributed
Uganda
A country attribution does not establish the earliest origin.- Historical period
- Historical period not yet established
No sufficiently supported historical placement has been established. Import and download dates are not treated as composition dates. - Recorded source
- Contributor-provided wisdom reference (2014 AD)
Supplied reference B; unit 706; PDF page 64; collection label: Uganda
A collection's publication date can be later than the words it records.
- Culture
- Uganda
