shí​zhǐ​dà​dòng

to have an omen of delicious food

食指大动 食指大動 shí​zhǐ​dà​dòng
to have an omen of delicious food
To have a premonition that one is about to eat something delicious, based on the historical anecdote of a twitching index finger
to be whetted
To feel a strong appetite or be eager to start eating when presented with delicious food

Frequency

Written text
0.164 per million

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)