have eyes bigger than one's stomach

Alternative forms

 * have eyes bigger than one's belly
 * one's eyes are bigger than one's stomach

Verb

 * 1)  To take more food on one's plate than one can eat; to be greedy.
 * He has eyes bigger than his stomach.
 * You have eyes bigger than your stomach.
 * 1)  To want more than one can handle.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 眼大肚子小,
 * Dutch: ogen groter dan je maag hebben
 * Finnish: olla isommat silmät kuin vatsa
 * French:
 * German: die Augen sind größer als der Magen
 * Hungarian: ;
 * Italian: avere gli occhi più grandi dello stomaco
 * Maltese: għandu għajnejh akbar minn żaqqu
 * Norwegian: øynene er større enn magen, magen blir fortere mett enn øynene
 * Polish: wziąć za dużo jedzenia
 * Portuguese: ter os olhos maiores que a boca, ter mais olhos que barriga
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: is motha mo shùil na mo bhrù
 * Serbo-Croatian: imati veće oči nego dupe;
 * Spanish: antes se llena el cuajo que el ojo
 * Ukrainian: очима все з’їв би
 * Uzbek: ko'z qornidan ochroq
 * Vietnamese: con mắt lớn hơn cái bụng, no bụng đói con mắt, mắt to hơn bụng