食言而肥

Traditional form:

食言而肥

Pinyin (reading):

shíyán'érféi

Definitions:

• lit. to grow fat eating one's words (idiom)
• fig. not to live up to one's promises

Characters:

• 食 - food; to eat
• 言 - words, speech; to speak, to say
• 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
• 肥 - fat, plump, obese; fertile

Traditional characters:

• 食 - food; to eat
• 言 - words, speech; to speak, to say
• 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
• 肥 - fat, plump, obese; fertile