眼寬肚窄 — Cantonese Dictionary — Cantonese.hk

眼寬肚窄

ngaan5 fun1 tou5 zaak3

Mandarin: yan3 kuan1 du4 zhai3

眼

ngaan5

T5

寬

fun1

T1

肚

tou5

T5

窄

zaak3

T3

Definitions

1 to bite off more than you can chew, to be greedy (for food), to be a glutton; (lit. broad eyes, narrow stomach) [Var.] 眼濶肚窄 , 眼闊肚窄 [Syn.] 口大喉嚨小 , 眼大肚子小 , 眼饞肚飽

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