hunger; starvation; famine

hungry and thirsty; (fig.) to crave (knowledge, love etc)

crop failure; famine; debt; difficulty

(idiom) stomach rumbling with hunger; very hungry

when hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom); beggars can't be choosers; When matters are urgent, don't spend time choosing alternatives.

beset by hunger and cold (idiom); starving and freezing; in desperate poverty

famine repeats unceasingly (idiom, from Book of Songs)