Imagine that I go to a restaurant and I demand too much food.
Would the following sentence be idiomatic?
I over-ordered food.
I am just seeking to know if this sentence would be accepted by a native English speaker. I am not seeking replacements.
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Imagine that I go to a restaurant and I demand too much food.
Would the following sentence be idiomatic?
I over-ordered food.
I am just seeking to know if this sentence would be accepted by a native English speaker. I am not seeking replacements.
Best Answer
I over-order - place too large an order (OED) - more often than I like to admit.
Over-ordering is a very natural, idiomatic way to describe the consequence of having eyes 'bigger than ones stomach'. I find Indian food particularly troublesome in this respect.
The OPs example phrase would usually be said as 'I('ve) over-ordered.' (i.e. 'food' is understood).