Meaning of eaten bread is soon forgotten | Babel Free

Definitions

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

Ireland

Examples

“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.”

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