the eye is bigger than the belly
the eye is bigger than the belly
One takes or has taken more food than one is actually capable of eating At an all-you-can-eat buffet, the eye is often bigger than the belly. Can't finish your meal, huh? I guess the eye was bigger than the belly!
See also: belly, big, eye
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- (one's) eyes are bigger than (one's) belly
- belies
- cooking for one
- as one door closes, another (one) opens
- as one door closes, another one opens
- as one door closes, another opens
- drive (one) out of office
- force (one) out of office
- force out of office
- give (one) (one's) head