飲頭啖湯 [饮头－汤]

Jyutping jam2 tau4 daam6 tong1
Pinyin yǐn tóu dàn tāng

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. the early bird gets the worm (spoken)
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, Cantonese, idiomatic
    to be the first in doing something; to gain the first profits
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. 嘗到甜頭 – 尝到甜头
  2. 得到好處 – 得到好处
  3. 得到利益
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    个个地产商都吼住块宝地，想饮头啖汤。
    個個地產商都吼住塊寶地，想飲頭啖湯。
    go3 go3 dei6 caan2 soeng1 dou1 hau1 zyu6 faai3 bou2 dei6, soeng2 jam2 tau4 daam6 tong1.
    • Every property developer is keeping a very close eye on the prime land, trying to get in there before everybody else does.