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forbidden fruit
noun as in immoral indulgence
Example Sentences
Ever since Eve urged Adam to sample the forbidden fruit, men have been doing crazy things in the name of love.
They have no decision-making skills or sense of moderation when faced with the forbidden fruit roll-up.
In Plate No. 7, Laura, in yellow, acquires the rudiments of obedience and refrains from eating forbidden fruit.
He has the forbidden fruit in his waistcoat pocket, and can make himself a god as often and as long as he likes.
We are no saints, sinful men and women, all of us, and as much inclined to forbidden fruit as any good Christians can be.
Be that as it may, forbidden fruit is always sweet, and the Tommies were inclined to force an entrance.
And though shot and bullets were forbidden fruit, yet something might be done with hard wadding.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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