have a yen for Crave or desire, as in I have a yen for a thick juicy steak. The yen in this expression comes from the Chinese yan, meaning “a craving” (probably for opium). The term was first recorded in English in 1906.
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Dictionary of similar words, Different wording, Synonyms, Idioms for Idiom, Proverb yen