A Little Peckish Posted Sun, 01 May 2005

If you say that someone eats like a bird in English, you usually mean that that they eat very little. I've seen birds eat and I think the phrase should mean that the person eats very little because they make a complete mess by throwing the larger part of the food around the room.

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Some small birds eat as much as the equivalent of their own bodyweight every day.  So perhaps it really should mean that the person eats a lot.
Posted by Frederik Juul Christiani at Tue May 3 01:40:43 2005

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