be so hungry that the stomach is beginning to gurgle

be so hungry that the stomach is beginning to gurgle

Hunger, a Chinese word, is pronounced J ī ch á NGL ù L ù, which means that one's stomach is very hungry. It comes from Pu Songling's strange tales of Liaozhai, master of West Lake in Qing Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

Pu Songling's strange tales of Liaozhai: Master of the West Lake in the Qing Dynasty: "but I'm hungry, I can't be embarrassed."

Idiom usage

It's the wrong time to pass on the meal. It's all breakfast in the twilight. So far, everyone is hungry. (Gao Yang's "jade seat and Pearl curtain" Volume I)