his eyes are bigger than his belly
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ǎ NCH á nd ù B ǎ o, which means that people are insatiable. From a dream of Red Mansions.
The origin of Idioms
Chapter 16 of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty: "it's time to see the world after a trip to Suzhou. I'm still so hungry."
Analysis of Idioms
Insatiable greed
Idiom usage
To be insatiable is to be insatiable
his eyes are bigger than his belly
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