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"sense": "take more food than one can eat",
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"sense": "take more food than one can eat",
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"sense": "take more food than one can eat",
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"sense": "take more food than one can eat",
"word": "眼大肚子小"
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"sense": "take more food than one can eat",
"word": "眼馋肚饱"
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"sense": "take more food than one can eat",
"word": "ogen groter dan je maag hebben"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "take more food than one can eat",
"word": "olla isommat silmät kuin vatsa"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "take more food than one can eat",
"word": "avoir les yeux plus gros que le ventre"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "take more food than one can eat",
"word": "die Augen sind größer als der Magen"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "take more food than one can eat",
"word": "nagyobb a szeme, mint a szája"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "take more food than one can eat",
"word": "avere gli occhi più grandi dello stomaco"
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"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "take more food than one can eat",
"word": "għandu għajnejh akbar minn żaqqu"
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"code": "no",
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"sense": "take more food than one can eat",
"word": "øynene er større enn magen"
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"code": "no",
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"sense": "take more food than one can eat",
"word": "magen blir fortere mett enn øynene"
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"sense": "take more food than one can eat",
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"word": "wziąć za dużo jedzenia"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "take more food than one can eat",
"word": "ter os olhos maiores que a boca"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "take more food than one can eat",
"word": "ter mais olhos que barriga"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "odní glazá ne sýty",
"sense": "take more food than one can eat",
"word": "одни́ глаза́ не сы́ты"
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"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "take more food than one can eat",
"word": "is motha mo shùil na mo bhrù"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "take more food than one can eat",
"word": "imati veće oči nego dupe"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "take more food than one can eat",
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"word": "antes se llena el cuajo que el ojo"
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"code": "uk",
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"roman": "očyma vse zʺjiv by",
"sense": "take more food than one can eat",
"word": "очима все з’їв би"
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"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "take more food than one can eat",
"word": "ko'z qornidan ochroq"
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"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "take more food than one can eat",
"word": "con mắt lớn hơn cái bụng"
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"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "take more food than one can eat",
"word": "no bụng đói con mắt"
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"sense": "take more food than one can eat",
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