have eyes bigger than one's stomach

English

Alternative forms

• have eyes bigger than one's belly (UK)

Verb

have eyes bigger than one's stomach (third-person singular simple present has eyes bigger than one's stomach, present participle having eyes bigger than one's stomach, simple past and past participle had eyes bigger than one's stomach)

1. (idiomatic) To take more food on one's plate than one can eat; to be greedy.

   His eyes are bigger than his stomach.

   Your eyes are bigger than your stomach.

Translations

take more food than one can eat

Chinese: Mandarin: 眼大肚子小 (zh) Dutch: ogen groter dan je maag hebben Finnish: olla isommat silmät kuin vatsa (fi) French: avoir les yeux plus grands que le ventre or avoir les yeux plus gros que le ventre German: Die Augen sind größer als der Bauch

Maltese: għandu għajnejh akbar minn żaqqu Norwegian: øynene er større enn magen (no), magen blir fortere mett enn øynene (no) (the stomach loses its appetite before the eyes do) Portuguese: ter os olhos maiores que a boca Spanish: comer con los ojos (es) Vietnamese: con mắt lớn hơn cái bụng, no bụng đói con mắt