Two spoonfuls at a time

Two spoonfuls at a time

It's a Chinese idiom. The Pinyin is y ī K ǒ Uli ǎ ngch í, which means "greedy". It comes from the new book of Bingwu.

The origin of Idioms

Fan Chengda of Song Dynasty wrote a poem in the new book of Bingwu: "if you don't have two spoonfuls to rest your feet, you can't talk about money."

Analysis of Idioms

You can't take two spoons at a time

Idiom usage

As an object or attribute, it refers to greediness.