APAD: His/her eyes are bigger than his/her stomach

Meaning:

The person desires more than he can handle, usually with reference to food

 

Background:

Many variations on this expression exist. The earliest recorded variation is from

George Herbert's Jacula Prudentum (1651): "The eye is bigger than the belly".

 

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A thrill to learn that Chinese and English chose the same set of organs to

express the same idea. I can understand young people biting more than they could

chew but an older person should behave according to thier age and supposed

wisdom.