食玻璃大
Chinese
- eat; food; to feedeat; food; to feed; animal feed
glass big; great; hugebig; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctorsimp. and trad.
(食玻璃大)食 玻璃 大 Literally: “to grow up eating glass”.
Pronunciation
Verb
食玻璃大
- (Cantonese) to (think of oneself as) be(ing) transparent (but actually blocking someone else's sight)
- 你食玻璃大㗎?咪企喺度阻住大家睇電視啦! [Cantonese, trad.]
- nei5 sik6 bo1 lei4-1 daai6 gaa4? mai5 kei5 hai2 dou6 zo2 zyu6 daai6 gaa1 tai2 din6 si6 laa1! [Jyutping]
- You think you're transparent? Don't just stand here and block everyone's view of the TV!
你食玻璃大㗎?咪企喺度阻住大家睇电视啦! [Cantonese, simp.]
Usage notes
Usually used to tell someone off.