bigger than one's stomach

See: EYES BIGGER THAN ONE'S STOMACH.

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[eyes are bigger than one's stomach] {informal} You want more food than you can eat. * /Annie took a second big helping of pudding, but her eyes were bigger than […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[stomach] See: [EYES BIGGER THAN ONE'S STOMACH], [BUTTERFLIES IN YOUR STOMACH], [TURN ONE'S STOMACH]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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