have eyes bigger than one's stomach

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24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Cantonese: 眼闊肚窄 /眼阔肚窄 (ngaan5 fut3 tou5 zaak3) — take more food than one can eat
• Chinese Mandarin: 眼大肚子小 (yǎn dà dùzi xiǎo) — take more food than one can eat
• Chinese Mandarin: 眼饞肚飽 /眼馋肚饱 (yǎnchándùbǎo) — take more food than one can eat
• Dutch: ogen groter dan je maag hebben — take more food than one can eat
• Finnish: olla isommat silmät kuin vatsa — take more food than one can eat
• French: avoir les yeux plus gros que le ventre — take more food than one can eat
• German: die Augen sind größer als der Magen — take more food than one can eat
• Hungarian: nagyobb a szeme, mint a szája — take more food than one can eat
• Italian: avere gli occhi più grandi dello stomaco — take more food than one can eat
• Maltese: għandu għajnejh akbar minn żaqqu — take more food than one can eat
• Norwegian: øynene er større enn magen — take more food than one can eat
• Norwegian: magen blir fortere mett enn øynene — take more food than one can eat
• Polish: wziąć za dużo jedzenia — take more food than one can eat
• Portuguese: ter os olhos maiores que a boca — take more food than one can eat
• Portuguese: ter mais olhos que barriga — take more food than one can eat
• Russian: одни́ глаза́ не сы́ты (odní glazá ne sýty) — take more food than one can eat
• Scottish Gaelic: is motha mo shùil na mo bhrù — take more food than one can eat
• Serbo-Croatian: imati veće oči nego dupe — take more food than one can eat
• Spanish: antes se llena el cuajo que el ojo — take more food than one can eat
• Ukrainian: очима все з’їв би (očyma vse zʺjiv by) — take more food than one can eat
• Uzbek: ko'z qornidan ochroq — take more food than one can eat
• Vietnamese: con mắt lớn hơn cái bụng — take more food than one can eat
• Vietnamese: no bụng đói con mắt — take more food than one can eat
• Vietnamese: mắt to hơn bụng — take more food than one can eat