The meaning and origin of "salivating" are as follows

1. The meaning of "salivating"

"Salivating" means that a person has a strong desire for some kind of food or beautiful things. Would love to taste it or get it. The meaning of this idiom mainly involves the two parts of "salivating" and "desire to drool". The specific explanation is as follows:

"Salivating" means drooling, expressing the desire and love for something.

"Drip" refers to the urge to drool, expressing a strong desire for some kind of food or beautiful things.

This idiom is often used to describe people’s desire and pursuit of a certain kind of food or beautiful things. Sometimes it can also be used to describe other desires, such as the desire for a certain person or an item.

2. The origin of salivation

The idiom salivation originally came from a famous novel "Journey to the West" in the Ming Dynasty. The original sentence is "Red is an important medicine for replenishing vitality. If you get this thing, you will have a long life, so you covet it."

The "red" in this idiom refers to the red ginseng fruit, and "salivating" means craving for it and drooling. In "Journey to the West", Zhu Bajie coveted ginseng fruit because of his gluttony, so he was caught by the Immortal Zhenyuan. Later generations often use this idiom to describe the desire and pursuit of delicious food or other beautiful things.

3. Example sentences with salivation

1. Seeing the fragrant roast duck, he salivated with saliva, but he knew he should finish his homework before eating.

2. Even though it was already ten o'clock in the evening, he was still salivating when he saw the food program on TV and wanted to go out to eat.

3. Xiao Ming is salivating over the newly launched clothes, but because it is too expensive, he can only wait until it is on sale to buy it.

IV. Summary

The idiom "covets" is mainly used to describe people's strong desire and pursuit of a certain kind of food or other beautiful things. This idiom originally came from the Ming Dynasty novel "Journey to the West" and has now become a commonly used idiom. In writing, salivation can be used to express people's love for a certain kind of food, or to describe the desire and pursuit of a certain kind of beautiful thing.

At the same time, in addition to describing food, this idiom can also be used to describe other desires and pursuits, such as the desire for a certain person or an item. When using this idiom, pay attention to the context and do not use the wrong object, resulting in semantic inaccuracies.