"A hungry man is an angry man" nghĩa là gì?

"A hungry man is an angry man" = người đang đói là người hung dữ -> nghĩa là cơn đói dễ khiến con người có hành động bột phát/không thể kiểm soát; 'bần cùng sinh đạo tặc'.

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“There is a sense of hopelessness in rural Nigeria and even the capital city,” said Ms Hassan. “As young people watch the politicians flaunt their ill gotten wealth, they become not just hopeless but vicious. A hungry man is an angry man, [and] the reaction of the young one is to pick up the guns against the state and their fellow citizens.”

A hungry man is an angry man indeed. Looking forward to having chicken rice for dinner on Monday (Mar 8), a man placed an order via foodpanda. But he soon realised that his order could not be fulfilled in its entirety — the shop had run out of chicken, and he'd only receive four portions of rice with a side of vegetables.

One of the ways through which the government endears itself to its citizens, is by providing adequate food security. There is a popular saying in the lands of my father, that a hungry man is an angry man. This establishes the fact that no meaningful development can take place in a community where the people are poorly fed. Undoubtedly, malnourishment (thiếu ăn, suy dinh dưỡng) also results in poor health which affects productive capability of people.

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