Eat like a bird
Idiom / PhraseSSC PYQ × 4To eat very little
बहुत कम खाना
Radhika eats like a bird before an exam because she feels nervous.
You eat like a bird; have some more rice.
Daily use: Diet ke chakkar mein woh aajkal eat like a bird kar rahi hai, bas do roti.
पक्षी एक बार में बस कुछ दाने खाते हैं, यह तो obvious है। Eat like a bird यानी बहुत कम खाना। इसका उल्टा है 'eat like a horse', यानी बहुत ज़्यादा खाना।
Birds eat only a few grains at a time; that is obvious. To eat like a bird is to eat very little. Its opposite is 'eat like a horse', which means to eat a lot.
SSC इसे 'eat like a horse' के साथ pair करता है; options ध्यान से पढ़िए, क्योंकि एक का मतलब बहुत कम और दूसरे का बहुत ज़्यादा है।
SSC pairs it with 'eat like a horse'; read the options carefully, because one means very little and the other very much.