Have eyes bigger than one's stomach

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Have eyes bigger than one's stomach

Have eyes bigger than one's stomach

By metaphor: a hungry person tends to fill his plate with more food than a portion of it he will be able to eat.

(Modern Hebrew)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

הָעֵינַיִים יוֹתֵר גְּדוֹלוֹת מֵהַקֵּיבָה

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: אָדָם רָעֵב נוֹטֶה לְמַלֵּא אֶת צַלַּחְתּוֹ בְּהַרְבֵּה מָזוֹן כְּשֶׁחֵלֶק מִמֶּנּוּ לֹא יִהְיֶה מְסֻגָּל יוֹתֵר לֶאֱכֹל.

(הָעִבְרִית הַחֲדָשָׁה)

Keyword

metaphor food hungry to eat plate

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