eat like a bird

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Verb

eat like a bird (third-person singular simple present eats like a bird, present participle eating like a bird, simple past ate like a bird, past participle eaten like a bird)

(colloquial, simile) To eat in small amounts rather than in a single full meal.

Antonyms

eat like a horse

Translations

to eat small amounts

Chinese:
Mandarin: 吃得少
Finnish: syödä kuin varpunen
French: manger comme un moineau (fr)
Polish: jeść jak ptaszek (pl)
Spanish: comer como un pajarito

See also

watch something like a hawk
eat like a sparrow

Anagrams

ate like a bird

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