eat like a bird

[eat like a bird] {v. phr.}

To eat very little; have little appetite.

* /Mrs. Benson is on a diet and she eats like a bird./

* /Alice's mother is worried about her; she eats like a bird and is very thin./

Contrast: EAT LIKE A HORSE.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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