no bụng đói con mắt

== Vietnamese == === Etymology === no bụng (“full belly”) +‎ đói (“hungry”) +‎ con mắt (“eye”) === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [nɔ˧˧ ʔɓʊwŋ͡m˧˨ʔ ʔɗɔj˧˦ kɔn˧˧ mat̚˧˦] (Huế) IPA(key): [nɔ˧˧ ʔɓʊwŋ͡m˨˩ʔ ʔɗɔj˨˩˦ kɔŋ˧˧ mak̚˦˧˥] (Saigon) IPA(key): [nɔ˧˧ ʔɓʊwŋ͡m˨˩˨ ʔɗɔj˦˥ kɔŋ˧˧ mak̚˦˥] === Adjective === no bụng đói con mắt (idiomatic) having eyes bigger than one's stomach ==== Synonyms ==== (to have eyes bigger than one's stomach): con mắt lớn hơn cái bụng, mắt to hơn bụng === References === Hồ Ngọc Đức, editor (2003), “no bụng đói con mắt”, in Việt–Anh‎[1] (DICT), Leipzig: Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details), archived from the original on 12 November 2024