汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 眼饞肚飽
眼饞肚飽 (眼馋肚饱)
to have eyes bigger than one's belly (idiom)
It is said that people are greedy and not satisfied
眼睛馋,见好的就想吃,而肚子已饱。形容想吃而吃不下。 形容贪得无厌。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

我觉得饭菜点得太多了,我是眼馋肚饱呀。

I guess my eyes are bigger than my stomach.

你吃得这么少可你却点这么多菜!我觉得你是眼馋肚饱

You ate so little but you ordered so much! I think your eyes are bigger than your stomach.

而这似乎正是小羚羊幸免于难的秘密,因为很可能当小羚羊误入魔爪时,这些食肉动物早已眼馋肚饱,而且因为前一次奔袭而精疲力竭。

And that seems to be the secret to the antelope's survival, as it's likely it fell into the cheetahs 'clutches when they were already full - and tired out - from an earlier hunt.