The words Forbidden fruit stand as a metaphor (an image). The
metaphor comes from the book of Genesis in the Bible. There Adam
and Eve are thrown out of Paradise because they eat from the
tree of knowledge. Most often, people thought the fruit was an
apple. This is a wordplay of Latin language word for apple,
malus, which can mean both "evil" and "apple". The Bible does
not say what kind the fruit is. In Judaism the fruit is believed
to be either a grape, a fig, a citron or wheat. Most scholars
say that the type of fruit is not forbidden, it was just the
fruits of that particular tree that were. In general, the term
can also refer to something that is considered to be illegal or
immoral to do. It might also be dangerous. Many times this is
about sex (perhaps with children, inside the family, or outside
of marriage) or about using illegal drugs. It might also be
about people drinking alcohol even though they are too young to
be legally allowed to do so. Other pages [change] - Old
Testament, Genesis 1:16-17, "A