Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

eaten bread is soon forgotten

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.82 in modern English

Syllables: eat-en bread- is -soon -for-got-ten
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

25

Letters

7

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

Kind deeds or favors are often forgotten by the beneficiary once they have been performed.

Example Sentences

"Promised increases in productivity following previous pay rises never materialised -- as eaten bread is soon forgotten -- but we'll be paying for the crumbs for a long time to come."
"Eaten bread is soon forgotten, as we do seem to quickly forget the immense funding we did receive from the EEC and then the EU over 30 years, culminating in almost IR£1bn in the late 1990s, under Albert Reynolds's time as Taoiseach."
"It is obvious that eaten bread is soon forgotten by anyone asking teachers to take another one for the team."

Phrases

no good deed goes unpunished

Frequently Paired Words

no good deed goes unpunished

Questions

What does eaten bread is soon forgotten mean?: Kind deeds or favors are often forgotten by the beneficiary once they have been performed.

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