三さん度どの飯めしより好すき

Meanings

love something more than eating; extremely fond of

Idiomatic expression meaning someone likes something so much that they would skip meals for it. Often used humorously or emphatically.

彼かれは三さん度どの飯めしより好すきなゲームがあるらしい。
He seems to have a game he loves more than eating.
私わたしは三さん度どの飯めしより好すきなほど、猫ねこが大だい好すきだ。
I love cats so much that I'd rather be with them than eat.

Kanji

三three
度degrees, occurrence, time
飯meal, boiled rice
好fond, pleasing, like something

Related words

大だい好すき
A general term for 'love' or 'like very much'; 三度の飯より好き is a stronger, more colorful idiom emphasizing that the fondness surpasses even the basic need for food.

Built from

三さん度ど+飯めし+好すく

Written forms

三さん度どの飯めしより好すき
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling.
三さん度どのめしより好すき
Variant with めし in kana; less common but still seen.
三さん度どのめしよりすき
All-kana variant; rare and mainly used for emphasis or in informal contexts.

Etymology

Literally 'liked more than three meals a day'. The phrase uses the common Japanese expression 三度の飯 (three meals) to represent a fundamental daily necessity, emphasizing that the fondness for something exceeds even that basic need.