食枉米
sik6 wong2 mai5shí wǎng mǐ
English
- a slacker; a way of reprimanding someone as useless
- to have no talent, to be useless; literally: to eat wasted rice
粵語 — Cantonese
- 一個人好無用,咩才能都無,食咁多飯都係盞晒
Examples
你三十歲人失業仲要淨係響屋企打機,食枉米囉你。
You are still unemployed in your thirties and only play video games at home, all the rice has been wasted on you.
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk