雪隠せんちで饅頭まんじゅう

expression

if you're hungry, where you eat doesn't matter

Proverb meaning that when you are truly hungry, you won't be picky about the place or circumstances. Literally 'manjū in the toilet'.

See also: 饅頭

• 「雪せん隠ちで饅頭まんじゅう」という諺ことわざは、空くう腹ふくなら場ば所しょを選えらばないという意い味みだ。

  The proverb 'manjū in the toilet' means that if you're hungry, you don't care where you eat.

expression

hiding something good for oneself alone

Idiomatic use: secretly enjoying a treat in a private place like a toilet, implying selfishly keeping something good to oneself.

• 彼かれは雪せん隠ちで饅頭まんじゅうのように、いい話はなしを独ひとり占じめしている。

  He's keeping the good news to himself, like eating manjū in the toilet.