Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

having eyes bigger than one's stomach

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.97 in modern English

Syllables
hav-ing eyes big-ger than one's s-tom-ach
IPA
55
Scrabble Score
31
Letters
5
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of have eyes bigger than one's stomach

Questions

What does having eyes bigger than one's stomach mean?
present participle and gerund of have eyes bigger than one's stomach

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