Idiom
have eyes bigger than one's stomach
Meaning
To take more food on one's plate than one can eat; to be greedy.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I ordered too much food; I have eyes bigger than my stomach.”
“He piled his plate high at the buffet, clearly having eyes bigger than his stomach.”
“Despite her initial hunger, she soon realized she had eyes bigger than her stomach, leaving half of the expensive meal untouched on her plate.”
Examples
simple
“I ordered too much food; I have eyes bigger than my stomach.”
contextual
“He piled his plate high at the buffet, clearly having eyes bigger than his stomach.”
complex
“Despite her initial hunger, she soon realized she had eyes bigger than her stomach, leaving half of the expensive meal untouched on her plate.”
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