“Have eyes bigger than your stomach”
Définition
To take or want more food than you can eat.
Exemples
Examples
“I ordered too much because my eyes were bigger than my stomach.”
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Rewrite this example in plain English without the idiom. Preserve who is speaking, the time and the meaning.
I ordered too much because my eyes were bigger than my stomach.Compare with the original example
I ordered too much because my eyes were bigger than my stomach.
Write a two-line conversation using “Have eyes bigger than your stomach”. Make the situation clear enough that a reader can infer the meaning. Then replace the idiom with a plain-English explanation: does your conversation still mean the same thing?
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- What does "Have eyes bigger than your stomach" mean?
- "Have eyes bigger than your stomach" means to take or want more food than you can eat.
- How do you use "Have eyes bigger than your stomach" in a sentence?
- Example: "I ordered too much because my eyes were bigger than my stomach."
- Should I interpret "Have eyes bigger than your stomach" word for word?
- Understand the expression as a whole. Use the definition and example to learn its meaning rather than translating each word separately.