Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Cupboard Love

Love from interested motives. The allusion is to the love of children to some indulgent person who gives them something nice from her cupboard.

“Cupboard love is seldom true.” —Poor Robin.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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