zijn ogen zijn groter dan zijn maag

Dutch

Etymology

Literally, “his eyes are larger than his stomach”.

Phrase

zijn ogen zijn groter dan zijn maag

  1. (idiomatic) Said when someone overestimates how much they can really eat in one sitting.

Usage notes

  • May vary by number, gender, person and tense; thus one may for example also encounter a third-person feminine singular haar ogen zijn groter dan haar maag, a second-person singular all-gender past tense je ogen waren groter dan je maag, an impersonal proverbial het oog is groter dan de maag, and so forth.
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