眼ngaan5闊fut3肚tou5窄zaak3

simp眼阔肚窄

ngaan5 fut3 tou5 zaak3yǎn kuò dù zhǎi

English

(adjective) to want more than what one can eat
take in; to be overly greedy; to bite off more than one can chew; ; literally "eyes bigger than your stomach"
to overestimate one's appetite; to bite off more than one can chew ; literally: eyes wide stomach narrow

粵語 — Cantonese

以為自己食得落，實際上唔得

Examples

你唔好眼闊肚窄喇，咁多邊食得晒！
Don't overestimate your appetite, how can you finish so much?

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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