English Dictionary

eat to live, not live to eat

ことわざ

命令法 否定形

(medicine, imperative) It is best not to be gluttonous; eating shouldn't be one's favorite activity, but one should eat only to supply health.

日本語の意味

食事は生命維持のための手段であり、楽しみや贅沢を追求するために食べるのではない。 / 暴食を戒め、食事は健康の補給を目的とするものであるという教訓。

A wise physician once warned, 'eat to live, not live to eat,' reminding his patient that it is best not to be gluttonous.

賢明な医師はかつて「生きるために食べよ、食べるために生きるな」と忠告し、患者にむやみに食べ過ぎないほうがよいと注意しました。

意味（1）

(medicine, imperative) It is best not to be gluttonous; eating shouldn't be one's favorite activity, but one should eat only to supply health.

Balance can be used to heighten matched pairs of ideas, as in the maxim one should eat to live, not live to eat.

eat to live （ canonical ）