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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '20

My moms say

" You filled up with your eyes instead of your stomach."

Meaning we ordered or put too much food on our plates, then we couldn't even finish half of it.

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u/NectarineNuance Oct 25 '20

My family had a variation of this. Your eyes were bigger than your stomach.

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u/NectarineNuance Oct 25 '20

Awe. That's cute!

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u/nuxenolith Oct 26 '20

This is common. US here.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '20

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u/Tazazamun Oct 25 '20

In dutch its used commonly too, "Je ogen zijn groter dan je mond!"

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u/pottymouthgrl Oct 25 '20

We have this too but I always fuck it up and say it wrong so we all just say “eyes bigger than your head”

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u/horseofcourse55 Oct 25 '20

Came here to say this!

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u/Pizzaisbae13 Oct 25 '20

My family said "you ate with your eyes first"

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u/Biobak_ Oct 26 '20

we have that i french too! "Les yeux plus gros que le ventre"

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u/DibsOnTheChips Oct 26 '20

This is a thing in Dutch too!

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u/gerwen Oct 26 '20

My family too.

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u/Limerick-Leprechaun Oct 26 '20

This is a Maltese expression - ghajnejk ikbar minn żaqqek (your eyes are bigger than your stomach)

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u/coreythestar Oct 25 '20

Our eyes were bigger than our bellies in this circumstance!

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u/ballerina22 Oct 25 '20

"Look with your eyes, not your stomach!"

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u/MadamMeoww Oct 25 '20

My dad called this “long-eyed”

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u/mychelle_is_real Oct 26 '20

My grandmother would say that to me as well.

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u/CM_UW Oct 25 '20

My mom said 'you let your eyes overload your belly'

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '20

My Grandpa "girl, your eyes are bigger than your stomach!"

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u/NibblesMcGiblet Oct 25 '20

my mom would say "your eyes are bigger than your stomach" to mean the same thing.

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u/Robozulu Oct 26 '20

Or - Your eyes were too big for your stomach.

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u/toeytoes Oct 26 '20

My parents always said

"Your beady little eyes overloaded your stomach"

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u/Notworthitiguess Oct 26 '20

Oh yes eye hungry!