Forbidden Fruit

From then on, Robin's was known as a kind of forbidden-fruit stand, a place where you could find savory items others lacked, and where people stood up for art and language. ❋ Unknown (2006)

And there has been a pronounced negative effect on college campuses, where administrators describe a forbidden-fruit climate that encourages binge drinking. ❋ Unknown (2007)

In the near distance were clumps of fruit trees, of hedges of lime and flowering shrubs, rows of orange trees, mangoes, red and purple, forbidden-fruit and grapefruit, the large scarlet fruit of the acqui, the avocado-pear, the feathering bamboo, and the ❋ Gilbert Parker (1897)

There is the _chadèque_, which grows here to fully three feet in circumference, and has a sweet pink pulp; and there is the "forbidden-fruit" (_fouitt-défendu_), a sort of cross between the orange and the chadèque, and superior to both. ❋ Lafcadio Hearn (1877)

As the forbidden-fruit hangs too high for you, you degrade your art, and make to yourself an image that resembles her according to your taste. ❋ Georg Ebers (1867)

(Hysterical preaching only increases the forbidden-fruit appeal, while frenzied law enforcement only increases the prices, thus boosting the profits of drug dealers and the government authorities they bribe.) ❋ Unknown (2010)

It makes a whole lot more sense than prohibition, which only ever seems to cause the forbidden-fruit effect. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"Pediatricians should be aware of this forbidden-fruit effect," the researchers caution, ❋ Unknown (2009)

He rejects the notion that parents try to seal off their child from all media, arguing such a tactic can lead to forbidden-fruit bingeing the first time the child gets to call the shots. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Tara had been way into the forbidden-fruit angle of Angelo, but I wasn’t going to let her abandon him as a friend. ❋ Kelly McClymer (2007)

[Jane] is [Tim's] forbidden fruit ❋ BklynKnight (2005)

[Damn], [Lauren's] [so hot], but she's forbidden fruit. ❋ Matt (2004)

She's forbidden fruit [coz] she's [married] ❋ Tory Borty (2013)

That [website] is my forbidden fruit. ❋ Light Joker (2005)

[Edgy Kid]: Wanna eat Forbidden Fruit in class later Jimmy. Teacher: Don’t those contain [bleach] and [detergent]? Jimmy: —————— ❋ Roland Bates (2018)

Sarah: I really want to [sleep with] Will I've heard he's amazing in bed Emma: But he [hardly] ever has sex with anyone! Sarah: I know, he's a real [forbidden fruit] ❋ Plop1996 (2013)

Guy 1: yo I'm [abouta] hook up with Amaya later at that party Guy 2: [na yo] stay away from her she's [The forbidden fruit] Guy 1: wdym Guy 2: her ex boyfriend broke up with her and her father put a bullet in his head ❋ This Username Is Not Valid (2016)

who tryna do [the tide] [pod] challenge? [naw dude] that's the forbidden fruit ❋ Macy Has Too Much Clout (2018)

After a long, painful struggle and many years of conditioning, Adam and Eve finally blossomed [the forbidden fruit], only [for Eve] to yank it from her partner and cause [the fall of man]. ❋ Mr__P (2012)

Mikey: Yeah, we broke up. Dad: [Don't worry about it], there's plenty more fish in the sea. Mikey: Yeah [52]% of the world is ladies. Dad: Well son, now that you've tasted the "[forbidden fruit]" you'll be chasing your cock for the rest of your life. *True story* ❋ Mikey (2004)