be unable to hide one 's greed

be unable to hide one 's greed

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Chu í Xi á NY ù D ī, which means that you are so greedy that your mouth is about to drop. It is used to describe a person who is very greedy and wants to eat. It is also used to describe a person who is very envious and wants to get something good. From Zhaohai Jiawen.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] salivating and [antonym] indifferent

The origin of Idioms

Liu Zongyuan's Zhaohai Jiawen in Tang Dynasty: "salivating, flashing tongue, squandering afternoon."

Idiom usage

In a derogatory sense, it refers to a greedy person. When I saw this big table, I was salivating. But in the eyes of a poor boy like me, I really think it's a large number, and to be honest, it's a little bit! Experience: newspaper in the slum by Zou Taofen