# "Gladan kao šurla"

> "Hungry as a šurla" — a Krk-specific saying playing on the resemblance between the empty pasta tube and an empty stomach, meaning "extremely hungry."

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"Hungry as a šurla" — a Krk-specific saying playing on the resemblance between the empty pasta tube and an empty stomach, meaning "extremely hungry."

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**Tags:** proverb, surla, surlice, hunger, krk-sayings, food-vocabulary

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