eyes are bigger than one's stomach, one's

Someone wants more than he or she can handle, as in He's thinking of acquiring a third business, but we think his eyes are bigger than his stomach . This expression alludes to someone taking more food than he or she can digest. [Late 1500s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Karsten	KAHR-sten (Low German)	Low German, Danish, Norwegian
Jadranko	-	Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Sabine	['seibain]
Nikodemos	-	Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek
Husayn	-	Arabic
Victor	VIK-tər (English), veek-TOR (French)	English, French, Portuguese, Romanian, Dutch, Swedish, Late Roman