吃着碗里，看着锅里

吃着碗里，看着锅里

Literally means:

eating the bowl, looking into the pot

Actually means:

be greedy and insatiable

While one is eating, he or she is watching what is left in the food container.

Figuratively, it means being greedy and insatiable. It implies the speaker's disapproval of and reproach on this kind of person or behavior, so it is rather derogatory.

一边吃着碗里的食物，一边看着锅里的食物。

比喻贪心，想要得到的东西很多，不知道满足。多用来表示说话人对这种行为或这种人的批评，包含了不满、责备的意味。有时具有贬义色彩。