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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR

YOUR EYES WERE BIGGER THAN YOUR STOMACH.

Submitter comment: OFTEN USED BY MY MOTHER AFTER WE HAD GONE THROUGH A CAFETERIA
LINE.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Keyword(s): OVERESTIMATE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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