eat a ready-cooked meal(fàn lái zhāng kǒu)

eat a ready-cooked meal

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is f à NL á izh à n à K à u, meaning to eat ready-made food without work, mostly derogatory. It comes from Jin Ping Mei CI Hua.

The origin of Idioms

"Jin Ping Mei CI Hua" chapter 76: "the woman said:" my grandmother, you eat to open mouth, water to wet hands, such as inserting gold with silver, call slaves, what anger? "

Analysis of Idioms

Yi Lai reaches for his hand and gains without effort

Idiom usage

Serial verb; as object and attribute; with derogatory meaning. Example Fangyan by Tang Yuanzhen: learn from the fisherman when the wine is cooked, and the food is like a crow. Zhou Erfu's the morning of Shanghai part 3: Zhu Yannian was spoiled and used to being a big boss all his life.

Chinese PinYin : fàn lái zhāng kǒu