Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

have eyes bigger than one's stomach

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.98 in modern English

Syllables: have eyes big-ger than one's s-tom-ach
IPA

52

Scrabble Score

29

Letters

4

Syllables

15

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To take more food on one's plate than one can eat; to be greedy.

verb

To want more than one can handle.

Example Sentences

"He has eyes bigger than his stomach."
"You have eyes bigger than your stomach."
"When choosing software, don't have eyes bigger than your stomach. Rather, stick to whatever level of software you need, and no more."

Inflected Forms

has eyes bigger than one's stomach (present, singular) having eyes bigger than one's stomach (participle, present) had eyes bigger than one's stomach (participle, past) had eyes bigger than one's stomach (past) have eyes bigger than one's belly (alternative) one's eyes are bigger than one's stomach (alternative)

Phrases

bite off more than one can chew in too deep

Frequently Paired Words

bite off more than one can chew in too deep

Questions

What does have eyes bigger than one's stomach mean?: To take more food on one's plate than one can eat; to be greedy.

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