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eat like a bird
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to eat very little
The opposite of 'eat like a horse'. Vietnamese uses a cat for the same idea ('ăn như mèo').
In context
My grandmother eats like a bird, but she still cooks huge meals for us.
He used to eat like a bird, but now he finishes two bowls of rice.
More idioms about food
- a bad appleone bad person who has a bad effect on the rest of a group
- a couch potatoa person who spends a lot of time sitting and watching TV instead of being active
- a different kettle of fisha completely different situation from the one just mentioned
- a finger in every pieinvolved in many different activities, often to get power
- a meal ticketa person or thing that someone uses as a source of money or support