食鹽多過你食米 [－盐－过－－－]

Jyutping sik6 jim4 do1 gwo3 nei5 sik6 mai5
Pinyin shí yán duō guò nǐ shí mǐ

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. one having more experience than another (slang)
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語句
    形容​生活​經驗​比起​對方多​好多​；​帶有​睇​唔​起​人​嘅​意味
    used to express, with contempt, the fact that the speaker has much more experience in life than the interlocutor does
    • 𡃁仔，你唔好懶醒住先，我食鹽多過你食米。
      𡃁仔，你唔好懒醒住先，我食盐多过你食米。
      leng1 zai2, nei5 m4 hou2 laan2 sing1 zyu6 sin1, ngo5 sik6 jim4 do1 gwo3 nei5 sik6 mai5.
      Listen boy, stop acting like a smartass. You don't know nothing about the world.
  2. 近義詞
    食鹽多過你食米，行橋多過你行路
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    阿叔食盐多过你食米 呀。
    阿叔食鹽多過你食米 呀。
    aa3 suk1 sik6 jim4 do1 gwo3 nei5 sik6 mai5 aa3.
    • Your uncle(=me) has eaten more salt than you have eaten rice. (= I am way more experienced than you are.)
  2. Cantonese
    𡃁仔，你唔好懒醒住先，我食盐多过你食米。
    𡃁仔，你唔好懶醒住先，我食鹽多過你食米。
    leng1 zai2, nei5 m4 hou2 laan2 sing1 zyu6 sin1, ngo5 sik6 jim4 do1 gwo3 nei5 sik6 mai5.
    • Listen boy, stop acting like a smartass. You don't know nothing about the world.
  3. Cantonese
    校服都未除教我做嘢？我食盐多过你食米呀！
    校服都未除教我做嘢？我食鹽多過你食米呀！
    haau6 fuk6 dou1 mei6 ceoi4 gaau3 ngo5 zou6 je5? ngo5 sik6 jim4 do1 gwo3 nei5 sik6 mai5 aa3!
    • Are you telling me how to do, newbie? I'm way more experienced!