"make your mouth water" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 讓你垂涎三尺
• 讓你口水直流

Definition

如果某樣東西讓你垂涎三尺，表示它看起來、聞起來或聽起來十分美味，讓你很想喫。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

非正式用語，最常形容美食，也可用於形容非常渴望的東西。常說“讓人垂涎三尺”或“讓人口水直流”，避免說‘讓我感覺...’那樣不自然。

Examples

The smell of fresh bread always makes my mouth water.

新鮮麵包的香味總是**讓我的口水直流**。

Pictures of the chocolate cake made my mouth water.

巧克力蛋糕的圖片**讓我垂涎三尺**。

That juicy steak is making my mouth water.

那塊多汁的牛排**讓我垂涎三尺**。

Just thinking about grandma’s apple pie makes my mouth water.

一想到奶奶的蘋果派就**讓我垂涎三尺**。

Is it weird that photos of sushi make my mouth water even if I’m not hungry?

即使我不餓，壽司的照片也**讓我垂涎三尺**，這很奇怪嗎？

Those bakery smells early in the morning really make your mouth water.

一大早麵包店的香味**真的讓你垂涎三尺**。