eat like a bird

English

Verb

eat like a bird (third-person singular simple present eats like a bird, present participle eating like a bird, simple past ate like a bird, past participle eaten like a bird)

1. (colloquial, simile) To eat in small amounts rather than in a single full meal.

Antonyms

• eat like a horse

Translations

to eat small amounts

• Spanish: comer como un pajarito

See also

• watch something like a hawk
• eat like a sparrow

Anagrams

• ate like a bird